- The president summed up the meeting of Wołodymyr Zelanski with Donald Trump, which took place on Saturday in the Vatican. – For me, the most important is the interest of Poland and Poles – he assured
- Andrzej Duda remembered Pope Francis, emphasizing his special relationships with him and recognizing the Saturday ceremony as a peaceful, not full of despair
- Andrzej Duda assessed that the attitude of Pope Francis towards Russia was aimed at not escalating the conflict, allowing the dialogue between the parties
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President Andrzej Duda during a conversation with Polsat News after the ceremony of the last farewell to Pope Francis emphasized that for him “the most important is the interest of Poland and Poles”. – Is in the interest of Poland and Poles that this war would end with a fair roomwhich will also give us a guarantee of peace so that we can actually develop calmly, not afraid that someone will attack us – he said at the Polish embassy at the Holy See.
The president mentions the Pope. “I smile sadly”
Duda also remembered Pope Francis. The president said that “he knew the Holy Father very well” – he talked to him six times and had a “special relationship”.
– I smile sadly. I feel sorry for the fact that the Holy Father has gone Although I know as a Christian and as a Catholic that he went to his father's house. He moved to a better life – he said. The president also pointed out that Saturday's funeral ceremony of the church's head was not a “feast of despair”.
The politician also argued that Poland was important to Pope Francis. – He remembered about Poland and always asked me how we are going, how we are doing, what the matter of living in Poland looks like. I talked about reforms that we introduced together with the United Right government (…).
Andrzej Duda: The Pope did not want to escalate the conflict
The president also talked to Pope Francis about the war in Ukraine. – The issue of war in Ukraine, Russian aggression, the issue of refugees. How do we deal with millions of refugees, what this issue looks socially or people can accept newcomers – he clarified.
Asked that the Pope never clearly condemned Russia for her actions, in turn: – It must be taken into account that the Holy Father is of course a political figure, but he is also the head of the Catholic Church. The basis of faith is to love your enemies. Love, it also means trying not to talk about them badly. Rather look for an agreement He replied. Andrzej Duda also assessed that the attitude of the Pope “was marked so as not to escalate” the conflict.
– Somewhere there must be those places that try to approach in a distant manner. That both sides knew that they could come there and not be condemned in advance – he explained. He also emphasized that the guilty crime should be responsible for them. – But there must also be a place where you can come to, you can sit and talk. Without this war, it is impossible to end. I think that the Holy Father was about He explained.
