MOSCOW -. A communiqué from the Vatican Press Centre summarizes Cardinal Zuppi's second mission to Moscow as papal envoy. Institutional meetings were held with Minister Lavrov, Councillor Ushakov and Commissioners Lvova-Belova and Moskalkova: an assessment was made of what has been done to reunite the families of minors and to exchange prisoners, wounded and the remains of the fallen. Discussions with Metropolitan Antonio on humanitarian issues.
Vatican News
Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi's visit to Moscow allowed to "explore some perspectives" of "humanitarian cooperation" and "open paths" to achieve peace. This is stated in a communiqué from the Holy See Press Centre on the second visit of the President of the Italian Bishops' Conference to Russia from 14-16 October, which he made as the Pope's envoy "in connection with the mission" entrusted to him by the Pope.
Institutional meeting
Accompanied by an official of the State Secretariat, the communiqué said, Zuppi met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Yuri Ushakov, adviser to the president of the Russian Federation on foreign policy affairs, Maria Lvova-Belova, the president's commissioner for children's rights, and Tatyana Moskalkova, the president's commissioner for human rights. "The talks held made it possible to assess what has been done so far to reunite the families of minors and to exchange prisoners, the wounded and the remains of the fallen," the Holy See reports.
Interview with Metropolitan Antonio
"During his stay," the report continues, "the Cardinal also met with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, with whom he discussed various issues, especially of a humanitarian nature. "The visit as a whole also allowed to explore some perspectives for the continuation of humanitarian cooperation and the opening of paths to the much-awaited peace."
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