The pressure of Kiev’s allies forced the Vatican to “clarify”!
The Vatican Church released a statement in response to criticism of the world Catholic leader's comments about Ukraine's surrender in the war with Russia. |
report Mehr News Agency quoted by Associated Press, Pope Francis, the leader of the world Catholics, said today that Ukraine should sit at the negotiating table with Russia without a sense of shame and by raising the white flag until the end of the war. to find Statements that provoked the reaction of Kiev and its allies and forced the Vatican Church to provide explanations about the Pope’s statements!
Pope Francis said in part of an interview he did with Swiss Radio Television in early February, which will be broadcast in full on March 20: I believe that the stronger side, He is someone who understands the situation and thinks about the people and has the courage to raise the white flag and negotiate. And today the negotiations are with the help of global powers.
The Vatican Church, in response to criticism of the Pope and what the clarification read about, wrote in a statement: The Pope used the word “white flag” and with an image To which the interviewer (Lonzo Buchella) had suggested he originally used the word, he replied, to refer to a cessation of hostilities; A truce that comes with the courage to negotiate. In another part of the interview, Pope talks about the general conditions of the war and clearly says, “negotiation never means surrender”.
Edgar Rinkevinks, the president of Latvia, was among the European leaders who criticized the Pope’s statements and his choice of words, saying that “no one should surrender to Satan and must fight it and as a result only the devil raises the white flag and surrenders, as simple as that!”