Russia Brushes Aside Vatican-Mediated Ukraine Peace Talks
Quick Read Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Russia dismissed the Vatican as a venue for peace talks with Ukraine, calling it “fantasy.” Foreign Minister Lavrov criticized the idea as uncomfortable for Orthodox nations. Meanwhile, Putin outlined ceasefire conditions, which Ukraine has firmly rejected. Moscow: Moscow has played down the idea of the Vatican being a potential location for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, calling it a “fantasy” that many people are talking about. Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov doubted that such a venue would be finalised, saying that the Holy See itself would find it uncomfortable to host two mainly Orthodox Christian nations. Earlier this month, Pope, Leo XIV – the first American pontiff – had said that the Vatican could soon act as a mediator in global conflicts. He said so soon after becoming Pope. Within days the US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Pope. Donald Trump too, after his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, declared on his Truth Social account that “The …








