Pope Leo XIV receives in audience the President of the Republic of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, accompanied by Foreign Minister Baiba Broka. The President subsequently meets at the Secretariat of State with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, together with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations. According to the Press Office communiqué, during the cordial discussions satisfaction was expressed over the good relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Latvia; attention then turned to some questions of common interest at the international and regional level, with particular attention to the conflict in Ukraine, underlining the need for greater commitment by the International Community in fostering peaceful solutions.