Kremlin, the meeting with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. Exchange of views but no specific ideas
There was an "exchange of views useful for both parties" between Cardinal Matteo Zuppi and the Kremlin, but "no specific idea was put forward". He said so Yuri Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor, quoted by the Interfax agency.
Ushakov said he met Cardinal Matteo Zuppi again to take stock of his visit to Moscow. Russia expressed "high appreciation" for the Vatican's "balanced and impartial" position illustrated by Zuppi on the situation in Ukraine and is ready to discuss further proposals if they emerge. The Vatican, he added, has shown its willingness to depoliticize the solution to the humanitarian problems linked to the conflict in Ukraine. “We support this intention of the Pope,” concluded the councilor.
Children "evacuated" from areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces can return to their parents if they request it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. following the mission of the Pope's envoy, Matteo Zuppi, to Moscow precisely to discuss this topic, as a starting point for agreements between Moscow and Kiev.
“We are very concerned about the fate of children who find themselves in conflict zones. The list of children who are now on Russian territory is known, no one hides their names, no one hides the coordinates of where they are. And if these children have parents or direct relatives, they have every right to take these children.", the minister said.
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