The Pope, who on the eve expressed a desire to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, has always adhered to an unambiguous position regarding the full-scale war that Russia launched on the territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian Ambassador to the Vatican Andriy Yurash stated this, Ukrinform reports..

“The Pope is definitely on the side of Ukraine, and even those models and ways of self-expression that are not fully understood for the Ukrainian society, dictated by love for Ukraine and the desire to help. We can discuss whether these models suit us, but there is no doubt that his motivation is positive,"

According to him, the Pope is not only the head of the Catholic Church, but also the head of state of the Vatican, which Ukraine previously considered as a possible platform for negotiations with Russia..

And the Vatican wants to preserve opportunities for communication in order to become such a platform if necessary..

“Somewhere at the intersection of such intentions, the position of the Pope is modeled,” said the representative of Ukraine in the Vatican.

The Ambassador emphasized that last year the Pope of Rome canceled an already scheduled meeting with the Russian party arch Kirill due to the war..

In his opinion, it was a very serious gesture..

" The first meeting between Patriarch Kirill and the Pope was in Havana in 2016. And there was a desire on the Russian side to develop these relations. Dad ruined this playground. , he said that there were no grounds for a meeting,"

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