Go to the Vatican Media Bank. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 26Pope Francis invites Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican to negotiate the Ukrainian conflict, and later offers to hold a large conference on security in Europe in the Vatican, Leonid Sevastyanov, chairman of the World Union of Old Believers (ARC), told RIA Novosti, who is in contact with pontiff. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron asked Pope Francis to call Russian and American leaders Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. Macron also considers it necessary for the US to sit down at the negotiating table to advance the settlement process. Afterwards, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was ready to talk with the United States, other countries, and the Pope in order to find solutions to the situation in Ukraine.
Moscow's position on negotiations with Kyiv has not changed, Peskov said. and Zelensky. After that, the Pope proposes to hold a large conference on security in Europe in the Vatican with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, NATO, European countries,» Sevastyanov said. He expressed the opinion that Pope Francis is suitable for the EU and Russia as a moderator for resolving the Ukrainian conflict, as as previously took a neutral position and, «condemning the war, did not condemn Russia and President Putin.» a unique character, neutral, (possessing – ed.) authority and ready to spend time on reconciliation, to be a moderator,” Sevastyanov explained. not to “troll”, not to silence this idea, but to follow the invitation of Pope Francis,” added the source of the agency. Putin said that Russia has always said that it is open to negotiations on Ukraine, if Kyiv matures, then the mediation efforts of those who offer . In early October, Zelensky signed a decree on the implementation of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the impossibility of holding negotiations with the Russian president. Peskov noted that for negotiations with Ukraine, one would have to wait for a change in the position of the current president of the country or his successor. Ukraine
