Vatican City/Prensa Latina
Pope Francis maintains his hope in “a diplomatic solution for a just and lasting peace” in Ukraine, the Vatican press office said when clarifying the content of his statements to Swiss media.
In a recent interview with Swiss Radio and Television (RSI), Francis returned to “the image of the white flag proposed by the interviewer” to “indicate with it the cessation of hostilities, the truce reached with the courage of negotiation.” , emphasized the director of that office, Matteo Bruni.
Among his questions to the Pontiff, the journalist from that Swiss media, Lorenzo Buccella, questioned him that “in Ukraine there are those who ask for courage to surrender, for the white flag, but others say that this would legitimize the strongest. What do you think?”.
Francisco expressed in this regard that “it is an interpretation, but I believe that those who see the situation, those who think about the people, those who have the courage to raise the white flag and negotiate are stronger,” and added that “today you can negotiate with the help from international powers.”
“The word negotiate is a brave word. When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you need to have the courage to negotiate. You’re embarrassed, but how many deaths will it end with? Negotiate in time, look for a country to act as a mediator,” said the bishop of Rome.
The Pope gave as an example the Turkiye government’s offer to mediate to end the conflict in Ukraine, after which he considered that “do not be ashamed to negotiate before things get worse” and later, referring to any situation of war, he noted that “negotiating is never a surrender.”
Bruni argued that these are “words of the Pope extracted from an image proposed by the interviewer to reiterate, among other things, what has already been said in these two years of continuous appeals and public pronouncements, namely, the importance of dialogue against “the madness of war.”
“The Pope’s hope is and remains the same that has always been repeated in recent years” in favor of “finding that little piece of humanity that allows us to create the conditions for a diplomatic solution in search of a just and lasting peace.” “added the Vatican spokesperson.
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