Vice -president of the United States JD Vance is in the Vatican to meet the Pope. Ukraine and other conflicts in the world among the themes.
The meeting between the Vice -President of the United States and Leone XIV in the aftermath of what the Pontiff had with Zelensky on the sidelines of the Intronization Ceremony that brought to Rome, once again in a few days, the powerful of the world.
Meanwhile, always yesterday, the leaders of France, Great Britain, Germany and Italy spoke to the President of the United States Donald Trump by telephoneon the eve of the phone call, expected for today, between the president of the United States and the head of the Kremlin to try to end the conflict in Ukraine: Downing Street said it.
The heads of state and government “discussed the situation in Ukraine and the catastrophic cost of the war for both sides,” said a spokesman for the Keir Starmer office in a note. “Before the phone call between President Trump and President Putin (expected for Monday), the leaders discussed the need for a ceased to meet the unconditional fire and the need for President Putin to seriously take the peace interviews,” he added. After the failure of the interviews between Kiev and Moscow held on Friday in Turkey, the heads of state and government “also discussed the use of sanctions if Russia does not seriously engage in a ceased the fire and in peace interviews”, according to Downing Street.
Meloni: Support for Trump’s efforts for a right peace, Putin shows the will to treat
In the phone call of the European leaders to Donald Trump, before waiting for the US President with Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “expressed appreciation for the availability shown once again by Ukrainian in favor of the dialogue and has repeated the hope that Moscow is seriously committed through direct contacts between leader in a negotiation that leads to peace”. The Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “first reiterated the support of Italy, together with the European and western partners, to the” Trump “efforts for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, underlining the importance of a ceased immediate and unconditional fire”.
Meloni met Vance and von der Leyen at Palazzo Chigi
«I am very proud to host two leaders of the European Union and the United States to start a dialogue. A month ago in Washington I had proposed a meeting to President Trump. Thanks for accepting the invitation. I hope today today (yesterday, editor’s note) can
be a first meeting and a new beginning ». Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed the US Vice President JD Vance and the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to Palazzo Chigi. The meeting is also attended by the Secretary of State USA Marco Rubio. A trilateral meeting – it is explained in a note – “focused on relations between the European Union and the United States, as well as on the main issues on the agenda of the international agenda”.