Zelensky's lightning visit to Rome, see Meloni and the Pope

Ukrainian President Volodimyr Zelensky, it is learned in parliamentary circles of the majority, should probably meet Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome next Sunday. The visit is still being defined.

From several qualified international sources we learned of a series of visits to European countries, in the coming days of the Ukrainian president.

Zelensky was in Helsinky, Finland, and The Hague, the Netherlands and in the coming days, as announced by the German media, he will first be in Berlin to meet Chancellor Scholz and the president Steinmeier.In this program could also include Rome, which at the moment is not confirmed by sources of the Italian Executive.

"It is possible that the Pope will meet the Ukrainian president on Saturday." This was stated by Vatican sources to ANSA, responding to rumors that President Volodymir Zelensky could make a lightning visit to Rome. At the moment it is only a hypothesis and there are therefore no official confirmations on the time and place of this possible meeting. The Pope received Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal a couple of weeks ago while he received Zelensky, before the war, in February 2020.

ANSA Agency

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