Ukraine summoned the Vatican ambassador

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Spiegel” weekly newspaper, Pope Francis’ statement that Ukraine should have the “courage” to surrender to Russia has angered Kiev.

Party The Ukrainian criticized that the pope’s request should “reach the attacker and not the victim.” In addition, Francis is expected to defend “the triumph of good over evil” instead of sending requests that legitimize the rule of the strongest and encourage it to continue to ignore the norms of international law, Kiev’s criticism said.

Francis said in an interview about Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has been going on for more than two years now: When you see that you have lost, things are not going well. Rude, you must have the courage to raise the white flag. He replied: Here is the issue of expressing a point of view. But I think the stronger one is the one who recognizes the situation, thinks about the people and has the courage to raise the white flag for negotiation. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni later disputed reports that the pope had asked Ukraine to surrender.

Kiev also responded by stressing that Ukraine Peace strives. But this peace must be fair and based on the peace formula presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Among other things, this formula provides for the withdrawal of Russian forces, who currently occupy about a fifth of Ukraine’s territory. “Olaf Schultz”, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, has also opposed these statements of the leader of the world Catholics. As you can imagine, the Chancellor does not agree with the Pope on this. He claimed: It is true that Ukraine defends itself against an aggressor. It also receives a lot of international support to defend itself against a war of aggression that violates international law. Friedrich Mertz, leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Germany, also rejected the Pope’s request to negotiate peace with Russia. Mertz said that he considers the comments of the head of the Catholic Church “fundamentally wrong”. compared and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski also asked the Pope to tell Russia to withdraw its army from Ukraine in response to these statements.

Pope Francis In an interview with a Swiss network, part of which was published on Saturday, he used the phrase “the courage to raise the white flag”. He expressed his opinion that Ukraine is facing a possible defeat and should be open to peace talks mediated by international powers. “A Ceasefire Courageously Achieved for Negotiations” advocates not a capitulation of Ukraine. Matteo Bruni said a journalist interviewing Pope Francis used the phrase “white flag” in a question that sparked the controversial remarks.

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