Pope Francis on Friday arrived by
helicopter at the Puglia resort of Borgo Egnazia to make history
by becoming the first pontiff to take part in a G7 summit.
He was welcomed by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.
The Argentine pontiff will have 10 bilateral meetings on the
sidelines of the summit and take part in a working session
devoted to artificial intelligence.
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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