The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summoned the Vatican’s representative in the country, Visvaldas Kulbokas, upon Pope Francis’ call for the start of peace negotiations. This was reported on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
“On March 11, the apostolic nuncio in Ukraine (permanent diplomatic representative of the pope. – socialbites.ca) Visvaldas Kulbokas was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine due to the statements of His Holiness Pope Francis recently published in Ukraine. media,” the publication says.
During the meeting, the ambassador was told about Kiev’s disappointment with the statements of the head of the Roman Catholic Church. As can be understood from the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukrainian officials were expecting completely different signals from Pope Francis. The ministry’s press service explained that we are talking about calls to the world community to “immediately join forces” against the Russian Federation.
On March 9, the pope gave an interview to the Swiss television channel RSI. commented Current situation in Ukraine. The head of the Roman Catholic Church noted that the losing side must show courage and raise the “white flag”. This includes opening peace talks between Kiev and Moscow, Pope Francis said.
Previously in NATO appreciated Opportunity to achieve peace with the surrender of Ukraine.