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Russia rejects Vatican as venue for Ukraine peace talks, calling it "vulgar"

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      Many people are fantasising about when and where it (the meeting) will take place. We don't have any ideas right now."
      ABP Live
      When asked about the Vatican's suitability as a site for negotiations, Lavrov, without mincing words, said
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      I do not think it would suit the Vatican itself to host delegations from two Orthodox countries in these circumstances,
      The Moscow Times
      he said
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      Imagine the Vatican as a venue for negotiations, it’s a bit inelegant, I would say, for Orthodox countries to be on a Catholic platform,
      Novaya Gazeta. Europe
      Lavrov said
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      Sergey Lavrov
      When the Orthodox are on the Catholic platform, they will discuss issues related to the elimination of the root causes,
      Ukrainska Pravda
      Lavrov said
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      Volodymyr Zelenskyy
      If Russia proposes a memorandum, we will be able to formulate our vision,
      Ukrainska Pravda
      Zelenskyy said
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      The question is what symbolic benefits he (Putin) could gain from it."
      International Business Times
      Mabille said
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      We are moving from a militant pacifist pope to a diplomatic pope,
      International Business Times
      Mabille said
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      There is both a shift in content and a shift in form,
      International Business Times
      said Mabille
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      It would put it back on the global diplomatic scene after a period, under Francis, where it appeared sidelined on the Holy Land and Ukraine,
      International Business Times
      the source said
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      The Vatican is a symbol of the highest morality of free western democratic civilization. … There is no doubt it will be of great moral value” if it were to host the
      The Washington Post
      Yurash said
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      The Holy See is available so that enemies can meet and look each other in the eye,
      The Washington Post
      Leo said during a meeting with the Eastern churches last week
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      Giorgia Meloni
      I expressed deep gratitude for his openness and for his unrelenting commitment to peace,
      The Washington Post
      Meloni wrote
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      The question [for the Russians] is whether the benefits outweigh the risks,
      The Washington Post
      the person said
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      No decision has yet been taken on the location of further talks,
      The Washington Post
      he told reporters
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      I think it would be great to have it at the Vatican. … I think maybe that could help some of that anger.”
      The Washington Post
      He later added
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      You remember when under Francis everyone said the Vatican was not doing anything?”
      The Washington Post
      the official said
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      Pietro Parolin
      We have always said, we have always repeated to the two parties – we are available, if you want to meet, the Holy See, the Vatican could be a good place, with all the necessary discretion,
      Reuters
      said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State
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      It's interesting to note that with a papal transition still in progress … different heads of government, Italy included, are trying to pressure the Vatican to become involved in peace talks that have gone nowhere in the last three years,
      Reuters
      said Faggioli, a professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania