ROME – The Vatican Press Office said Saturday evening that the Pope’s call for Ukraine to raise a “white flag” was not referring to surrender, but rather “the courage to negotiate.”
“I think the strongest people are those who look at the situation, think about the people, and negotiate with the courage of a white flag,” Francis said in a recent interview with Swiss Radio. Published Saturday morning.
The pope’s words were widely understood to be a reference to Ukraine’s surrender, prompting a fierce reaction from Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
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“Our flag is yellow and blue. This is the flag by which we live, die and win. We will never fly any other flag,” Kleba said. Said on social media Sunday.
“In the battle between good and evil, those who stand on the side of good are the strongest, rather than putting good and evil on the same footing and calling it ‘negotiation,'” he said.
According to Merriam-Webster, the “white flag” refer (1) “A plain white flag used as a flag of truce or a sign of surrender,” or (2) “A sign of weakness or surrender.” This is an interpretation of the image of Kleba, but the term.
On the other hand, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics expressed similar considerations. “My thought on Sunday morning was that one must not surrender in the face of evil, one must fight and defeat evil, and then evil will raise the white flag and surrender,” he said. I have written Sunday.
Matteo Bruni, head of the Holy See’s press office, said in a statement to reporters that the Pope “used the word white flag to signify the cessation of hostilities and the establishment of a cease-fire, and responded by taking up the image suggested by the interviewer.” “There is,” he said. Have the courage to negotiate. ”
“Although he mentioned other conflict situations elsewhere in the interview, the Pope spoke of all war situations and made it clear that ‘negotiation is never a surrender,'” Bruni added.
