Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov attends a bilateral meeting after the U.S.-Russia summit, in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. Picture taken June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov will hold talks with the pope's peace envoy on the Ukraine conflict in Moscow on Wednesday at Putin's request, the Kremlin said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ushakov and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi would discuss the "situation around the conflict in Ukraine and, of course, possible paths of political and diplomatic settlement".
