Deputy Foreign Minister left for Rome

Sergei Aleinik is in Vatican on an official visit on 25-27 October.

The program of the visit includes meetings with Secretary of State of the Holy See Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture Gianfranco Ravasi, Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Jean-Pierre Mazery and other top officials of Vatican and the Sovereign Order of Malta.

The talks will focus on humanitarian cooperation and development of the legal framework of the bilateral relations as well as cooperation in culture, science and art.