Pope Francis’s funeral offers a chance for ‘brush-by’ diplomacy

World leaders may be gathered on Saturday to respond to a member of the churches than the citizens of the nations.

But they can use the papa’s funeral as a rare and unexpected opportunity to carry a little impossible diplomacy.

This will be one of the largest meeting of global state and government leaders since the day of the morning queen in 2022.

Diplomats said there were little plans for official meetings among government leaders, because it will not be in the spirit of a solemn event.

“We do not want to disrespect our hosting,” said a European diplomat. “But will there be opportunities for brush-byes?”

This was a reference to Serendipitous conversations that could take place in a ceremony at a ceremony or a ceremony.

Another officer said, “This funeral. We read carefully.”

Of course, all eyes will use the opportunity to be in the same place to discuss the prospects of Trump and Zelensky’s ceasefire in Ukraine. They are seated in the field of St. Peter’s Square, which are allocated to world leaders in the country.

You can imagine the leaders of the United States and Ukraine means seat near each other. However, the French was historically diplomacy, so the President of Les États-Unis can be a short distance from the Ukrainian counterpart.

Considering the tension between the two leaders, some diplomats said this could not be anything bad and prevent the risk of confrontation in the Oval office in February.

As some European countries hope, both men can meet in private place in other parts of the novel, because some European countries were hoping, but it was not clear if it was likely. “If this happens, it will be impossible,” said a diplomat.

Tuesday, Zelensky, said to see Trump in Rome is ready to see in principle. “We are always ready to meet with the United States partners,” he said.

The next day, Trump said, “Much meetings”, but you didn’t say who. On Friday, Zelensky doubts that Kiev violates Kiev’s travel plans after all Russian holidays.

Diplomatic focus, presidents and prime ministers, princes and monarchs will be waiting for the start of the Princes and Monarchs will be in the function of St. Peter. This will be the main opportunity for mixing and discussing the issues of the day, to make relationships and attitudes.

Traveling to Rome can also give you an opportunity for diplomatic meetings. The Vatican, 170 delegations said about 50 presidents, 15 main governments and 170 delegations, including 12 dominant monarchs, he said. Rome is higher than two airports in the coming or walk.

However, when the bodies provide diplomatic opportunities, threats can also create. Leaders are likely to include contact with an enemy. That is, politicians affected by European travel sanctions may visit the Vatican because it is a neutral area. In addition, neither President Vladimir Putin nor China President Xi Jinping will participate.

• You can watch and watch the funeral on the BBC News website and application. In the UK, the existing 0830-1230 in the IPlayer will be broadcast live on BBC in BBC in BBC. Maryam Moshiri’s BBC News channel will also be broadcast live. Finally, you can watch the coverage of the funeral in the BBC World Service

At the most unexpected moment, the service may come to itself. Francis Campbell since 2011 since 2005, Francis Campbell said that the funeral covers a moment of peace to each other, and the leaders could find themselves with people they want. “You can’t prevent it,” he said. “You are attending a religious ceremony and are available to participate as much as possible.”

In 2005, the body of Pope John Paul, the Prince of Wales, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was unexpectedly shaken himself. The spokesman for the future king said, “caught with a surprise.”

There are also risks for leaders before thousands of mourns. In the same funeral in 2005, George W. Bush, the monitor of the face made a crowd by the crowd when the US President made a clear decision on the war in Iraq.

Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson, in 1965, in 1965 matches the “well-working funeral” in connection with the death of Winston Churchill’s death.

Geoff Berdige, the Emeritus Professor of international relations at the University of Leepester, said the business bodies are significantly significant.

“They give the heads of state and government to the heads of state and government a good excuse to violate their existing schedules for urgent discussions in current problems,” the theory and experience of his diplomacy.

In recent years, several such funeral ceremonies after the death of the late Queen, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, and the Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi.

However, the “working funerals” was also the subject of satire. Yes, yes, the Prime Minister’s eponym Hacker, Prime Minister Comedy, said the funeral was the opportunity to “send paradise.”

“When the necessary sadness is shared by the world’s states of the world, the voters are very good,” he said. Working bodies are “better than the summit” because because there are no expectations, they do not expect the leaders to return from a funeral with test prohibit agreements or economic quotes. Therefore, we can do a number of meaningful discussions. The summit is only the public relations circus. “