VATICAN CITY, JUN 7, 2005 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls made the following statement this morning:
"Today, June 7, Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov of the Russian Federation paid a visit to the Vatican and met with Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of State. Also present for the talks were Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, secretary for Relations with States, and Vitaly Litvin, ambassador to the Holy See.
"In the course of the meeting there was an exchange of viewpoints on bilateral relations between the Holy See and Russia and on the international situation, with particular regard to the dialogue between cultures and to collaboration within international organizations.
"The meeting underscored the existing cordial relations and the possibility of further developing them. To this end, Minister Lavrov invited Archbishop Lajolo to Moscow next autumn."
OP/FOREIGN MINISTER/SODANO VIS 20050607 (140)
"Today, June 7, Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov of the Russian Federation paid a visit to the Vatican and met with Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of State. Also present for the talks were Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, secretary for Relations with States, and Vitaly Litvin, ambassador to the Holy See.
"In the course of the meeting there was an exchange of viewpoints on bilateral relations between the Holy See and Russia and on the international situation, with particular regard to the dialogue between cultures and to collaboration within international organizations.
"The meeting underscored the existing cordial relations and the possibility of further developing them. To this end, Minister Lavrov invited Archbishop Lajolo to Moscow next autumn."
OP/FOREIGN MINISTER/SODANO VIS 20050607 (140)
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