The papal visit is seen as a strategic move to improve Vatican ties to Beijing and Moscow. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ULAANBAATAR – Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday for the first papal visit to the Asian nation, as he sent a message of “unity and peace” to neighbouring China in a bid to improve ties.
The plane passed over Chinese airspace and the Pontiff, following custom, sent a telegram to President Xi Jinping, A line of Mongolian honour guards in traditional blue, red and yellow attire greeted Pope Francis upon his arrival, along with Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg. “This is a clear effort of the Holy See to take care of Central Asia and not abandon it to Russia or China,” Dr Michel Chambon, a scholar of Catholicism in Asia, said.
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