The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, will travel this Friday, October 11, to the Vatican to be received in audience by Pope Francis in order to analyze the situation in the Middle East.
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The Government of Spain reported this Tuesday about Sánchez’s trip to the Holy See, from where he will travel that same day to Cyprus to participate in the summit of European Mediterranean countries.
The meeting with the pope is part of Sánchez’s intention to continue joining efforts in favor of peace in the Middle East given the seriousness of the events one year after the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
His wish, affirms the Spanish Executive, is to continue urging to diplomacy and dialogue facing the military route.
In this context, he emphasizes that Pope Francis is one of the world’s main spiritual leaders and has made constant calls for the cessation of hostilities, rising as one of the most influential voices in the world in favor of peace and understanding between nations. .
Spain is committed to focusing all efforts on achieving a diplomatic solution that includes the start of a political process to restore peace to the region, and in that sense, Sánchez has been betting on holding an international conference.
At the end of the audience, the President of the Spanish Government will travel to Cyprus to participate in the so-called MED9 summit, which brings together the leaders of Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia and Croatia.
The president will join them of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the king of Jordan, Abdullah II, who has been invited to this summit.
EFE
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