Pope Francis made history on Friday
by becoming the first pontiff to take part in a G7 summit.
He was welcomed by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni after arriving
by helicopter at the Puglia resort of Borgo Egnazia, where the
summit is taking place.
Francis replied "still alive" when Meloni asked him how he was.
"Still alive, me too" replied the premier, to which the
Argentine pontiff replied "that makes two of us".
"Happy to meet you again," said Francis as he got off the
helicopter, to which Meloni replied: "it's a great, great
pleasure to have you here. Your presence if a great gift."
Francis is addressing a session on AI at the summit, and having
10 bilateral meetings with world leaders.
The bilateral encounters include ones with US President Joe
Biden, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President
Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the
Holy See said.
Among the other meetings are those with Canada's Justin Trudeau,
India's Narendra Modi, Brazil's Luis Inacio Lula da Silva,
Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune and International Monetary Fund
(IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
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