The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will travel to the Vatican next Friday, where he will be received in audience at 9:00 a.m. by Pope Francis, as announced this Tuesday by the Executive. “Given the seriousness of the events in the Middle East, President Sánchez wants to continue joining forces in favor of peace, urging diplomacy and dialogue instead of military means,” says the Secretary of State for Communication.
The note emphasizes that Pope Francis, “one of the world’s main spiritual leaders,” has established himself as “one of the most influential voices globally in promoting peace and understanding among nations.” And he emphasizes that Spain will advocate at that meeting, as it has been doing in recent months, to “focus all efforts on achieving a diplomatic solution, which includes the beginning of a political process to return peace and security to the region, including the holding an international Peace Conference.”
At the end of the audience in the Vatican, Sánchez will travel to Cyprus to participate in the MED9 summit, which brings together the countries of Southern Europe to debate issues of common interest before the next European Council.
Friday will be Sánchez’s second visit to the Vatican, after the meeting he had with the Pope on October 24, 2020. On that occasion the main issue on the table was still the consequences of the covid pandemic, although they also discussed of immigration, an issue that will surely come up again this Friday. Last month, the pontiff stated that he was thinking of traveling to the Canary Islands to learn first-hand about the migration crisis that the islands are experiencing.
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