Ukraine after Pope Francis’ statements about a pact with Russia: “No one asked to negotiate with Hitler”

The Embassy of Ukraine before the Holy See responded this Sunday to Pope Francis that during the Second World War no one spoke “about peace negotiations with Hitler”, after the pontiff assured in an interview that in the Ukrainian conflict one should have “the courage of the white flag” and “negotiate”.

“It is very important to be consistent! When we talk about the Third World Warwe have now, we must learn the lessons of the Second World War”, wrote the diplomatic legation on its social networks.

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“Did anyone then seriously talk about peace negotiations with Hitler and the white flag to satisfy him? So the lesson is just one: if we want to end the war, we have to do everything possible to kill the Dragon!”, he concludes.

He Pope Francis He defended “negotiation”, which is a “courageous word”, to reach an end to the conflict, in an interview with Swiss Radio Television, from which some excerpts were published this Saturday.

“I think that whoever sees the situation, whoever thinks about the people, whoever has the courage to carry the white flag, to negotiate, is stronger. And today it can be negotiated with the help of international powers. The word negotiate is a courageous word,” said the pontiff.

“When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you need to have the courage to negotiate”, added the pontiff, who, speaking about the war in Gaza, said: “Negotiation is never giving up.”at another point in the interview, which will be broadcast in full on March 20th.

After the publication of the interview, the Holy See clarified that the Father He was not talking about surrender, but rather about negotiation, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said on the Vatican News website.

“He Father uses the term white flag, and responds by taking the image proposed by the interviewer, to indicate with it the cessation of hostilities, the truce achieved with the value of negotiation. At another point in the interview, speaking of another conflict situation, but referring to any war situation, the pope clearly states: ‘negotiation is never surrender,’” he said.

According to Bruni, “the desire to Father continues to be the one he has always repeated in recent years (…): ‘In renewing my deepest affection for the tormented Ukrainian people and praying for everyone, in particular for the countless innocent victims, I implore us to find that piece of humanity that allows us create the conditions for a diplomatic solution in the search for a just and lasting peace.’”

Source: Elcomercio

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