Pope Francis received the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in the Vatican. The meeting between the High Priest and Zelensky lasted 35 minutes. According to "Armenpress", ANSA agency reports about this. After the private meeting, the Pope of Rome presented the President of Ukraine with a bronze plaque with a blooming flower and the inscription "Peace is a fragile flower". Volodymyr Zelensky presented Pope Francis with an oil painting, "Massacre of Bucha. Marichka's story."
After the meeting with the priest, Zelensky and his delegation went to the State Department for negotiations.
Zelensky also met with Pope Francis in the Vatican in 2020. in February and 2023. in May. They also had a bilateral meeting in 2024. during the G7 summit in Italy in June. Before leaving for the Vatican, Volodymyr Zelensky had a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on October 10, and before that he met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and NATO chief Mark Rutte in London.
