It is expected that former US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zleng will take part in the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in what their first personal meeting since their highly promoted confrontation in the oval office last February. While the current session plans indicate that both leaders will not sit close to each other, their presence on the same important event ruled their tense relationship, New York Post reported.
According to interim measures, Trump, which participates in an official American delegation, is expected to sit in the third row, among African dignitaries and especially distances from Zelena. The seating table follows the strict Vatican protocol, which will organize the alphabetically world leader according to their country’s names in the French-steel system used at the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005. This is placed by the United States (États-Unts) between Ethiopia and Eswatini, formerly known as Tuned.
The US delegation will be led by Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and the leader of most House Steve Scalis (R-Louisiana) and includes the former lecturer of House Nancy Pelosi (D-California), Senators Ed Marekey (D-Massachusets) and D-Allinois) and added New York York, both from New York, both from New York.
It is expected that former President Joe Biden will participate in the funeral, albeit not as part of an official American delegation. News suggest that it will sit further among other VIPs.
In accordance with the protocol, Argentine President Javier Milei – representing the home country of the Pope – will sit in the front row, along with higher clergy members such as Archbishops, Bishops and Cardinals. Italy is to accept another most important location, due to the position of the Pope as the bishop of Rome.
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Sitting just behind the front rows will be Royals from all over the world, including the Prince of Wales, the King of Sweden and the Queen and the Crown Prince and the Princess of Norway. The Vatican confirmed that the session would not be distinguished between Catholic and non -Catholic royal ranks.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer-Royaume-Uni, the French name for the United Kingdom-can find itself near the Russian delegation due to alphabetical location, which potentially underlines tensions over the ongoing war in Ukraine. Starmer was a reliable supporter of Zelsky and this week publicly rejected the US proposal of peace to recognize the Russian connection of Crimea, which occupied in 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not participate in the funeral, and confirmed the Kremlin on Tuesday.
The funeral of the Pope Francis will start on Saturday at 10 am on the Square of St. Peter. This service is expected to attract the crowd of up to 200,000 mourning, with tens of thousands of respect to respect, because the late Pope lay in the state on the Basilica of St. Peter this week.
The 88 -year -old Pope died at Easter after Monday after a stroke.
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