Card Parolin meets with Russian President Putin
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro
Parolin yesterday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the presidential
residence in Sochi.
According to a statement from the Holy See Press Office the
meeting lasted for about an hour and was held in a positive, friendly, and
respectful atmosphere with an open exchange of views on various themes
including international and bilateral relations.
At the end of the talks, the Secretary of State gave
President Putin a bronze representation of an olive branch, a symbol of peace.
The Russian President returned the gesture with the gift of
a collection of coins dedicated to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
Cardinal Parolin was expected to celebrate a private Mass
this morning at the Nunciature in Moscow before returning to Rome.
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