Volodymyr Zelensky visiting Rome, who will he meet?

Volodymyr Zelensky will meet the Italian President, Prime Minister and Pope during his visit to Italy. “This is an important visit for peace, this is what the Ukrainian president said when he set foot on Italian soil. This is the first time he has visited Rome since the Russian invasion”, reports Saturday, May 13 the journalist Raphaëlle Schapira, correspondent for France Télévisions in Italy. She points out that Italy “has always been by his side, from the start”.

An interview with Pope Francis

The Ukrainian president will then go to the Vatican, for an exceptional meeting with Pope Francis, “he too is very concerned about the situation in Ukraine”. “During this interview, he should address the very sensitive issue of Ukrainian children deported to Russia, for which Pope Francis has been entrusted with a mediation mission by the Ukrainian government”, adds the journalist. Finally, to close the visit, Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in the studios of Rai, the Italian public television, for a long interview.