Vatican Foreign Minister Cardinal Pietro Parolin said that the mission of Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, head of the Italian Episcopal Conference entrusted to him by Pope Francis, will be to create favorable conditions for settlement in Ukraine. and bring the parties to the conflict closer. It has been reported ANSA.
“The aim is to try to bring the parties as close as possible, to create preconditions and create a favorable environment,” said Parolin.
He also recalled how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that there was no need for Vatican mediation. In this context, the Foreign Minister noted that the mission will “first try to create an environment”.
Matteo Bruni, head of the Vatican’s printing office, previously said that Pope Francis instructed Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, will lead a peace mission in Ukraine.