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Trump says it would be 'great' to have Russia-Ukraine talks at the Vatican
Donald Trump has said "it would be great" for Russia and Ukraine to hold ceasefire talks at the Vatican, saying it would add extra significance to the proceedings.
“The Vatican, as represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin!” the US president said.
The Vatican has not issued a comment on Mr Trump’s remarks yet.
Volodymyr Zelensky, who has already met Pope Leo XIV twice now and spoken to him on the phone, welcomed the Vatican as a possible venue to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
"Ukraine is ready for direct negotiations with Russia in any format that brings results," Mr Zelensky said on X. He said that this could be hosted by Turkey, the Vatican or Switzerland.
The Vatican has a tradition of diplomatic neutrality and has long offered its services, and venues, to try to help facilitate talks.
Arpan Rai20 May 2025 04:02
Trump says Putin call went ‘very well’ and suggests talks between Russia and Ukraine will start ‘immediately’
Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire talks with the aim of bringing an end to the war as he divulged details of his highly-anticipated phone calls with leaders of the two nations yesterday.
In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said the call with Russian president Vladimir Putin went “very well” and the conditions of the ceasefire would be “negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of” and suggested that talks between the two nations could be hosted at the Vatican following an offer by Pope Leo XIV, the recently-elected American-born pontiff.
Arpan Rai20 May 2025 03:52
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