“On the second day of the war in Ukraine I went to the Russian embassy, I felt that I had to go there and I said I was ready to go to Putin if it would be useful.” This was the intention by Pope Francis after the outbreak of the conflict. The Pope said this in the interview with the director of Tg1 Gian Marco Chiocci.
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Pope: “I wanted to go to Kiev and Moscow”
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Estonia: “If we lose in Ukraine, we will lose in the Middle East”
“The fight against Russian aggression against Ukraine remains a priority for us. But there is also an ongoing war in the Middle East and we clearly see the connections between these two conflicts. If we lose in Ukraine, we will lose everywhere, including in the Middle East. Orient”. This was stated by Marko Mihkelson, President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu), at the end of the meeting held today in Tallinn with a delegation consisting of representatives of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Commission of the Norwegian Parliament.
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Speaker Johnson wants to separate aid to Israel from that to Kiev
New Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said the House would soon consider a new aid package for Ukraine, but it would have to be coupled with an increase in spending on border security with Mexico once it passes on May 14. Billion-dollar aid for Israel is approved. Johnson announced his intentions in a private meeting with Republican senators, to whom he also reported that the House of Representatives intended to pass a stopgap spending bill to fund the federal government through next year and avoid the shutdown on November 17th, when the current funds expire.
The new speaker, according to those in attendance, was in favor of aid to Ukraine, but has no intention of honoring the White House’s request to link funding for Kiev and that for Israel, along with increased spending on security at the southern border and other international crises.
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Pope: “I wanted to go to Kiev and Moscow”
“On the second day of the war in Ukraine, I went to the Russian embassy, I felt that I had to go there and I said I was ready to go to Putin if it would be useful.” This is what Pope Francis said in the interview with the director of Tg1, Gian Marco Chiocci. “The good ambassador, he’s ready now, an official from Russia. And from that moment on I had a good conversation with the Russian embassy. When I presented prisoners, I went there and they released them, they also released them from Azov. In short.” The embassy has done very well in releasing the people who were able to be released. But the dialogue ended there. At that moment, Lavrov wrote to me: “Thank you very much if you want to come, but it is not necessary. I wanted to go to both parts,” the Pope explained.