Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday, May 20th, that Pope Leo XIV has confirmed to her the Vatican is ready to host peace talks to facilitate the ending of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
The Italian premier spoke with the pontiff on the telephone, following a phone conversation with President Trump “and European leaders” the previous day.
Meloni said she was “deeply grateful to the Holy Father” for his “incessant efforts in favour of peace.”
