Pope Leo XIV receives in audience, in the Apostolic Palace, Jakov Milatović, President of Montenegro, who meets with the Pontiff and subsequently with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations. As a statement from the Vatican Press Office reports, during the cordial talks in the Secretariat of State the good relations existing between the Holy See and Montenegro are noted and matters of common interest are discussed: particular attention is given to the integration of Montenegro and other Western Balkan countries into the European Union, as well as to the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine. Milatović had previously met Pope Francis in audience on 7 March 2024.