President Medvedev meets with Pope and Berlusconi in Rome
President Medvedev meets with Pope and Berlusconi in Rome
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President Dmitry Medvedev met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on February 17, 2011. It was the first official visit by a Russian president to the Vatican... 17.02.2011, Sputnik International
President Dmitry Medvedev met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on February 17, 2011. It was the first official visit by a Russian president to the Vatican since full diplomatic relations were established.
President Dmitry Medvedev met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on February 17, 2011. It was the first official visit by a Russian president to the Vatican since full diplomatic relations were established.
President Dmitry Medvedev met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on February 17, 2011. It was the first official visit by a Russian president to the Vatican since full diplomatic relations were established.
During a friendly conversation, the Pope and the president expressed their satisfaction with the good bilateral relations, and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen ties.
After the conversation, the president’s wife and other members of the Russian delegation were introduced to the Pope, who presented each of them with a memento.
President Medvedev gave Pope Benedict XVI the latest volume of the Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia. The Pope received several volumes from Vladimir Putin when he was president.
The Year of Culture of Russia and Italy began on February 16 with a festive inaugural ceremony. Photo: President Dmitry Medvedev with his wife, Svetlana, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini.
The Russian delegation put on an exhibit of paintings by Alexander Deineka in the Palace of Exhibitions in Rome. Photo: Medvedev and Berlusconi before Deineka’s painting, “The Defense of Sevastopol.”
President Medvedev with his wife, Svetlana, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi admiring Deineka’s paintings in the Palace of Exhibitions, the site of the inaugural ceremony for the Year of Culture of Russia and Italy.
Berlusconi also gave Medvedev a red carpet welcome at the Villa Madama.
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