Singapore's President Tharman meets Pope Francis in Rome


President Tharman Shanmugaratnam receiving a bronze cast from Pope Francis at the Holy See in Rome on June 22. - Photo: Tharman Shanmugaratnam/Facebook

SINGAPORE: President Tharman Shanmugaratnam met Pope Francis at the Holy See in Rome on Saturday (June 22).

Tharman is in the Italian capital for a Group of 30 plenary hosted by the Banca d’Italia, and will co-chair a meeting of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water from June 20 to 23.

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