#BreakingNews Pope Francis Speaks with Turkey's President Erdoğan by Phone about the Holy Land - as Requested by President Erdoğan
Pope Francis speaks by phone with Turkish President Erdoğan about war in Holy Land.
Pope Francis held a telephone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, to discuss the "dramatic situation" in the Holy Land.
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, confirmed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on the phone with Pope Francis on Thursday morning.
In the call requested by President Erdoğan, the two leaders discussed "the dramatic situation in the Holy Land", according to Mr. Bruni.
"The Pope expressed his sorrow for what is happening and recalled the Holy See's position, voicing his hopes that a two-state solution and a special statute for the city of Jerusalem could be reached," Mr. Bruni stated.
The Turkish government had made it known in the morning that the President had expressed great concern to the Pope about what is happening in Gaza.
On 22 October, Pope Francis spoke to US President Joe Biden for about 20 minutes regarding the situations of conflict in the world and the need to identify paths to peace.
Source: Vatican News - Image Vatican Screenshot from President Erdogan's 2018 visit to the Vatican
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