“I asked His Holiness for help in returning home Ukrainians, Ukrainian children who are detained, arrested, deported to Russia in a criminal way,” Shmyhal said at a press conference in Rome, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is paying a working visit to the Italian Republic. As part of the visit, Shmyhal held a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
The Head of Government noted that he discussed the peace formula proposed by President Zelensky and a possible way to implement it, as well as the Vatican’s help in this matter, with the Pope.
“I also invited His Holiness to personally visit Ukraine,” the Prime Minister added.
As reported, Shmyhal arrived in Italy on Wednesday, April 26. In Rome, he took part in a bilateral conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine and had meetings with the president, the head of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, and the heads of the chambers of the Italian parliament.
