Ukraine’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Andriy Yurash, told Reuters on Monday that Ukraine would welcome Vatican mediation between Ukraine and Russia, as well as a Papal visit to Ukraine, “even now.”
“As I understand it, the Vatican would be ready and happy to create this possibility for meeting leaders from both sides,” Yurash told Reuters. “Ukraine is completely in favor of [using] this very influential, very spiritual place for a meeting. If Russia confirms its will to sit at the table, immediately Ukraine will respond in a positive way.”
Yurash was reported to have referenced Zelensky’s statement to an (unnamed) Italian newspaper last April, that “the Vatican would be an ideal place for negotiating an end to the war in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine,” as Reuters paraphrased him.
