In Rome, they plan a summit on war in Ukraine during the arrival of leaders to the funeral of Pope Francis: what is known

Volodymyr Zelenskyy should also come to the capital of Italy, as the media reported earlier. President Donald Trump will also come to the funeral of the Catholic Church head with his wife Melania and other countries leaders. With reference to sources in diplomatic circles, the La Reppublica newspaper writes that the Ukrainian side has appealed to Italy and other European partners through diplomatic channels with a request to organize a summit on the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

It is not just about the meeting of Trump and Zelensky, but about the Quintus format - which would include states, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and probably Germany. The newspaper writes that the German side has confirmed that Olaf Solz could hold a number of bilateral talks in Rome, arriving there on the funeral of Pope Francis. Trump should fly to Rome on the evening of April 25. The sources told La reppmblica about the preparation of at least three meetings of Trump in Italy.

One is with Zelensky, the other with French President Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Kir, Star. These meetings, according to insiders, may take place immediately after the Ponotifik Farewell Ceremony on April 26. However, the likelihood of such a summit is in doubt in some countries, including Italy. Italy Foreign Minister Antonio Tayani expressed caution in the feasibility of holding a meeting on the day of the Pope's burial.

"I doubt that the summit can be spent on the day of the Pope. Where does the summit pass? On the day of the funeral Trump with a hundred of the motorcade . . . From logistics it seems to me very difficult," - says the politician. Despite this, the pressure from Ukraine remains, and the idea of ​​the summit was not completely rejected. Currently, Kyiv has not commented on the likelihood of a summit in Rome.

We will remind, in the Vatican reported that the cause of the death of Pope Francis was stroke and heart failure on April 21. In addition, the pontiff had a number of chronic diseases, including respiratory failure and second type of diabetes. The farewell ceremony will be held in the Santa Maria-Maggiore Basilica. Focus also wrote that Pope Francis was secretly helped to buy drones for the 93rd Cold Yar brigade at the end of 2023.