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Holy See and Moscow have phone call about war in Ukraine

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I.Media - published on 04/05/25
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Direct contact between high-level Vatican and Russian officials has been infrequent in recent years and mostly focused on humanitarian efforts.

During a telephone conversation on April 4, 2025, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, and Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, discussed “initiatives aimed at halting military actions” in Ukraine, announced the Holy See Press Office. During this call, the Vatican also reaffirmed its desire to achieve prisoner exchanges.

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