POPE AND ITALIAN PRESIDENT MEET FOR TALKS ON YUGOSLAVIA

VATICAN CITY, MAR 30, 1999 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls made the following declaration last evening: "The Holy Father today had a private meeting with President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro of Italy. The principal theme of the talks was the dramatic situation in the Republic of Yugoslavia and the search for possible ways to return peace to this region as soon as possible."

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