The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations—i.e., the Vatican’s foreign minister—will make a working visit to Russia Aug. 24-28, and will hold talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Aug. 25. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova gave the dates at her Aug. 20 briefing.
The agenda, as Moscow states it, is “an exchange of views on the current state and future of Russia’s cooperation with the Vatican, as well as their interaction on international platforms,” together with “the latest international developments of mutual interest.”
While the dates have shifted over time, the meeting is now publicly on the record from both sides.