Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican met Monday with Pope Francis for a protocol visit, as signs emerged that the Vatican's Ukraine peace envoy could soon be undertaking a second mission to Moscow. The Vatican said Ambassador Ivan Soltanovsky was presenting his credentials to Francis, signaling the official start of his term.
the story. tell us about emmanuel macron s a project, was the receptiveness to take this claim from president macron for them to take it forward, that they could do more to andy war in ukraine? well, he is about to start a slew of meetings with chinese leaders with lee chung yong followed by xi jinping, leaders with lee chung yong followed by xijinping, the president of china. beijing has always said it is neutral when it comes to the war in ukraine and it has refused to condemn russia s aggression, for example, at the united nations and it has also proposed the 12 point peace plan, but many of our viewers will remember president xijinping s our viewers will remember president xi jinping s trip to moscow to meet with president putin and partly because of the timing ofjapan s prime timing of japan s prime minister s timing ofjapan s prime minister s trip to the exact same day, the pictures became a stark contrast as to how the two biggest economies in asia
trip to moscow to meet with president putin and partly because of the timing of japan s by minister s trip to ukraine on the same day those two pictures became somewhat of a stark contrast as to how the two biggest economies here in asia are responding to the conflict in ukraine. president xijinping has been invited by president zelensky to visit ukraine and he is also supposed to have a phone conversation with him as well but based on experts analysis that phone call hasn t taken place yet so many experts will be watching how president xi may respond to france and europe s request to use its influence to bring peace in ukraine but i don t think many are expect thing a breakthrough there. i think many are expect thing a breakthrough there. think many are expect thing a breakthrough there. i also want to ask you breakthrough there. i also want to ask you about breakthrough there. i also want to ask you about the breakthrough there. i also want to ask you about the other - breakt
than ukraine. norah: president xi of china still plans this trip on mondays to stand side-by-side next to putin. will this affect any of that? reporter: will he go? well, china itself is accused of carrying out actively a genocide against minorities. does its bother xi jinping to stand next to an accused war criminal? we will see. what we know has been happening is as the west tries to isolate russia, that tie between russia and china has only grown stronger, through trade and creased work together. white use ansferred for otteld inkr there ncreas con e maetween russi norah:loly, china s president xi su. trip to moscow is the latest sign of the bold diplomatic ambitions, something the u.s. is watching closely. one potential flash point is over america s ally, taiwan.
from government sources unlocking some of the mystery behind the talks. one crucial move, a trip to moscow in february. coordinated with the white house. by former u.s. ambassador and his team. which privately works to free american detainees. they met with top russian officials one day before they launched the invasion of ukraine. they were ready to talk. i must say that the tension was very high. i must be honest. i wanted not to stay very long. i sensed the invasion was going to happen. he says he and his team came from the meeting with a sense of what the kremlin was willing to do. not just regarding reed. but also paul wailen another american being held. i sense they were ready to move ahead. with reed. on the whelan case, they wanted to see how the reed initiative went. at that time he didn t know basketball star britney griner