Honorary Consul: Ukraine needs no white flag, only help in expelling Russian evil
Thd diplomat reflected on Pope Francis’s remark on X, Ukrinform reports.
Onze vlag is blauw geel. UA🇺🇦 heeft geen witte vlag nodig maar hulp om het RU kwaad te verdrijven. Ik steun de uitnodiging van @DmytroKuleba aan Paus Franciscus om als support de 6 mio. katholieken in🇺🇦 te bezoeken. Слава Україні! @Pontifex @APUkraine @UKRinVAT @AndriiYurash 🇳🇱🇺🇦 https://t.co/XOcbEAyAvG pic.twitter.com/6TXOISvyLg
— Karel Burger Dirven (@KBurgerDirven) March 10, 2024
"Our flag is blue and yellow. Ukraine does not need a white flag, but help in expelling Russian evil," he wrote.
He also noted that he supports the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, who expressed hope that Pope Francis will be able to find an opportunity to visit Ukraine to support more than a million Ukrainian Catholics, more than five million Greek Catholics, all Christians, and all Ukrainians.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, in an interview with the Swiss broadcaster RSI, Pope Francis remarked that negotiations are needed to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, suggesting that the strongest side is the one that has “the courage of the white flag”.
The head of the Vatican’s press service, Father Matteo Bruni, commenting on the words of Pope Francis about the search for peace for Ukraine, said that negotiations never mean capitulation.
According to him, the Pope called on all parties to "create conditions for a diplomatic solution in search of a just and lasting peace."
