Italy is ready to help when the Vatican agrees to Trump’s military mediation plan

Italy has supported President Donald Trump’s proposal that the Vatican could mediate negotiations on ceasefire in Ukraine, while it seems to retreat from this process.

Prime Minister Georgia Meloni’s Office stated that Italy is ready to “promote contacts and work against the peace” in Ukraine, and it “positively considered” the Pope’s readiness to negotiate in the Vatican.

In fact, there is no firm agreement on further discussions: the meeting last Friday between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Istanbul brought additional requirements of Moscow, not progress.

Pope Leo said that last week, the Vatican was “always ready to” unite enemies, and he “will make every effort” to rule.

But holy breeds says that the idea of ​​hosting or even mediation, negotiations – which Trump has suggested, this is an option – so far, this is more hope than any specific plan.

When direct interaction continues, Ukraine seems open to the Vatican’s concept as a master.

On Tuesday, Volodzimir Zelensky published on X, which he talked to Georgia Meloni, including “possible platforms for negotiations with the Russians”.

According to him, the Prime Minister of the Italian Prime Minister said, “As always, cool ideas,” though he raised Turkey and Switzerland as alternative places.

The Kremlin may prefer to stay in Turkey. It refers to the process called “Istanbul Plus”, the style of any negotiations as the following transactions that were originally discussed in Turkey, shortly after a full -scale invasion.

Those terms that included Ukraine, dramatically reducing its own military, represent a surrender for Kiev.

But Russia has added more: part of “plus” means recognizing the annexation of four partially occupied regions of Ukraine, as well as Crimea.

The actual place for the Kremlin matters: everything that wants the discussion on the terms of Vladimir Putin.

The prospect of significant progress, directly, looks slim.

But can the Vatican borrow some additional moral authority in pressing some compromise?

The Catholic Church has a help history in the intermediation of conflict, and it has already participated in negotiations with free prisoners and the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

However, his true contribution is not clear, as others played the same role.

On the other hand, the Vatican – especially any involvement of a new pope – will introduce another tone into the case.

His quiet style may not be further from the capitalized messages to the social media Donald Trump and his brutal public analysis with Zelensky in the Oval Cabinet. And it seems that the tuning has already made miracles in the relationship of men.

It was at the funeral of Pope Francis that they were deeply confused in the conversation, close to the Basilica of St. Peter.

The Vatican is proud of its diplomacy: that’s why, when others broke ties with Moscow after the bombing Ukraine, the Catholic Church sent a cardinal -sentiment to talk to the Kremlin. It did not affect it.

Pope Francis, like Donald Trump, has always avoided openly identifying Russia as an aggressor. Vatican sources say it had to keep the door to the Adjar dialogue, even if it seemed hopeless.

But Francis more upset the Ukrainians, believing that Russia was “provoked” by NATO into its invasion. He then agreed that Kiev could be reasonable to “raise the white flag” and seem.

For the Kyiv Pope Leo, the preferred potential peace-broker. He records how the bishop proclaims Russia’s invasion as an imperialist war and condemning the crimes against humanity committed by Putin’s troops.

This is unlikely to excite the Kremlin if the Vatican had negotiated.

“Putin can explain his position to the Pope, he believes it is simple. In his mind, it is a Ukraine, which is not serious about peaceful negotiations,” Tatiana said Eurasia.

“I do not believe that the Pope can somehow affect Putin’s understanding.”

At this point, Russia has no serious pressure to give the soil: all Donald Trump’s conversations about Putin’s punishment for his unwavering have turned into talk about trade with Russia. Offering incentives without threatening sanctions.

It is true that Moscow wanted much more.

“They want Zelensky to be removed, and the US and the EU would stop military assistance, but, on this, the United States was on the side of Ukraine – from a Russian point of view,” Tatiana Stana says.

Thus, Russia is ready to play a long game – which does not involve a compromise.

“If the Pope could help press Ukraine, Putin would not have problems (with his participation),” she says.

It seems like this is a real question here. It goes much deeper than there are two sides that eat Meze or anti -post between the hypothetical circles of fresh negotiations.