PM Modi To Hold One-On-One Meeting With Pope Francis In Vatican City
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Pope Francis in Vatican City comes ahead of the delegation-level talks during which they are expected to discuss issues such as COVID-19.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a one-on-one meeting with Pope Francis on Saturday in Vatican City ahead of the delegation-level talks during which they are expected to discuss a range of areas of interests in terms of the general global perspectives and issues such as COVID-19.
"The Prime Minister will have a separate call. He will be meeting his Holiness on a one-on-one basis. And that could, after a certain period of time, be followed up by delegation-level talks," Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla told reporters on Friday while briefing the details of the Prime Minister's engagements in Italy.
Mr Shringla said the Vatican has not set any agenda for the talks. "I believe tradition is not to have an agenda when you discuss issues with His Holiness. And I think we respect that. I''m sure the issues that will be covered would cover a range of areas of interests in terms of the general global perspectives and issues that are important to all of us," he said.
"COVID-19, health issues, how we can work together...and this is something that, I think would be the general trend in the discussions," he added.
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