Vatican confirms conversation between Cardinal Parolin and Zelenski

The Vatican confirmed on Monday the telephone conversation between Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenski, held last Friday.

Although the Ukrainian president He already reported On this colloquium, the confirmation of the Vatican arrives three days later through a brief statement released by the press office of the Holy See.

President Zelenski assured Friday that he delivered to the Vatican a list with the names of Ukrainians who have been arrested by the Russian army, so that he adheres a diplomatic mediation that achieves his release. The Holy See encouraged this Monday to be “as much as possible for the liberation of the prisoners.”

The president of Ukraine also assured that he thanked the Vatican authority “their prayers and their moral support for our people, as well as their efforts to facilitate the return of the deported Ukrainian children and illegally displaced by Russia.”

The Holy See also said today that Zelenski expressed “the desire for prompt recovery of the Holy Father.”

Likewise, according to the Vatican, the Ukrainian head of state informed Cardinal Parolin about the initiative of Alto El Fuego “proposed by the United States, to which Ukraine has accessed”, referring to the approval of his government to a cessation of the fighting for 30 days, after a meeting between the delegations of both countries in the Saudi city of Yeda.

For its part, the Holy See renewed the prayer for peace in Ukraine and hopes “that the parties involved take the opportunity to establish a sincere dialogue, without being subject to preconditions of any kind and oriented to reach a fair and lasting peace,” concludes the statement.