Ukraine: Francis Criticises NATO's Role
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After their official exchange, the president told Francis that he was “very concerned” about how NATO was moving, “I asked him why, and he said: 'They are barking at the gates of Russia. And they do not understand that the Russians are imperial and do not allow any foreign power to approach them'. He concluded: 'The situation could lead to war'.”
According to Francis, we must get away from the pattern “Little Red Riding Hood is good, and the wolf is the bad guy” because “I am against reducing complexity to the distinction between good guys and bad guys, without reasoning about roots and interests.”
Francis also pointed out that there are other countries where war is ongoing “and nobody cares.”
While Francis told a group of Ukrainians some days ago that he cancelled his scheduled meeting with Moscow Patriarch Kirill, he told this second public that the meeting was cancelled “by mutual agreement” and postponed “so that our dialogue would not be misunderstood.”
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