The President of Russia Vladimir Putin arrived in Milan, where he will participate in the opening ceremony of the national day of Russia at "EXPO 2015" and will hold dialogues with the Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi.




on the same day the President of Russia will visit Rome, where he will meet with President of Italy Sergio Mattarella, reports RIA " Novosti ". In addition, Putin in his residence in the Vatican will take Pope Francis. The parties will exchange views on current world problems. On Tuesday, the press Secretary of the head of the country Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin during the meeting with Pope Francis prepared to explain the position of the Russian capital in Ukraine, if the Pontiff expressed interest. Prior to that, assistant to the President Yuri Ushakov said that the topic of Ukraine may appear During the meeting the head of the country with the Pontiff." it is planned to discuss the whole complex of bilateral relations and current international issues, such as the situation in Ukraine with a focus on interfaith relations, the activities of Ukrainian Catholics. Needless to say, will be affected by the situation of Christians in the middle East and the need for protection of their interests, " he said.

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