The Pope saw the need in the country-the intermediary between the U.S. and North Korea
Moscow. April 30. INTERFAX.RU — Pope Francis declared his readiness to meet with U.S. President Donald trump.
“I accept any head of state, who told an audience,” the Pontiff said to journalists on the plane during the flight from Cairo to Vatican city.
Earlier it was reported that trump will visit Sicily, where on may 26-27 scheduled annual summit of the “big seven”. While the White house did not specify whether to stop the President in Rome to meet the Pontiff.
Commenting on the situation around North Korea, the head of the Holy see stated that the settlement of relations between Washington and Pyongyang need a third country to act as mediator.
There are so many focal points, there are intermediaries who offer themselves — such as, for example, as Norway. She is always ready to help. This is only one, but a lot of them. But the path is the path of negotiations, diplomatic resheniyami Roman Francis
According to him, “the situation around the rockets (DPRK — if) brewing for more than a year, but now it seems the situation has become too tense.”
“We’re talking about the future of humanity. Today a large-scale war will destroy — I would not say half of humanity — but the majority of mankind and the culture, everything. That would be terrible. I don’t think humanity will be able to withstand it,” — concluded the Pontiff.