Italy supported the proposal of US President Donald Trump regarding the mediation of the Vatican in negotiations on a ceasefire in Ukraine. This was reported by the BBC, informs UNN.
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It is noted that the Office of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni stated that Italy is ready to "facilitate contacts and work for peace" in Ukraine, and "positively assess" the readiness of Pope Leo XIV to accept negotiations in the Vatican.
The publication reminds that last week the Pontiff stated that the Vatican is "always ready" to unite enemies and "will make every effort" to ensure that peace prevails.
But the Holy See says that the idea of holding negotiations or even mediating them - which Trump proposed as an option - is so far more of a hope than any concrete plan
At the same time, the authors point out that if "direct interaction continues", Ukraine seems open to the idea of holding negotiations in the Vatican.
"The Catholic Church has a history of helping to mediate conflicts and has already participated in negotiations on the release of prisoners and the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia," the publication adds.
Let us remind you
On the eve of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is considering the possibility of a meeting of all teams at a high level - Ukraine, the USA, the Russian Federation, Great Britain, the EU. According to him, such a meeting may take place in Turkey, the Vatican or Switzerland.
Earlier, Zelenskyy, after holding a meeting after the Ukrainian-Russian negotiations in Istanbul, instructed to form a permanent expanded national negotiating group.