🇷🇺🇻🇦 Sergey Lavrov & Vatican Secretary for Relations with States Paul Richard Gallagher held a joint news conference following talks in Moscow. Excerpt:

💬 We noted that our dialogue at interstate level is being successfully supplemented by the #Vatican’s steady ties with the Russian Orthodox Church. This is confirmed by today’s meeting of my colleague with Metropolitan Hilarion, Head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

☝️ We emphasised the importance of developing interstate dialogue on universally recognised principles of international law. For our part, we welcomed the efforts of the Holy See to enhance international stability, facilitate peaceful settlement of conflicts and develop inter-church dialogue.

🤝 We have a common opinion on the need to protect the institution of the family. We agreed to coordinate our efforts to uphold the intransient Christian moral and spiritual values at international venues.

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