Lavrov to hold talks with Vatican foreign affairs chief in Moscow on August 25 — MFA

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 20, 2026 · 149 words

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What to know about Lavrov to hold talks with Vatican foreign affairs chief in Moscow on August 25 — MFA

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced that Vatican Secretary Paul Richard Gallagher will visit Moscow from August 24 to 28. Gallagher is scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on August 25 to discuss bilateral cooperation and international issues, though Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated no meeting with President Putin is currently planned.

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What happened

Top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov will hold talks in Moscow on August 25 with Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican's secretary for international affairs, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.

Why it matters

"From August 24 to 28, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Holy See and the Vatican's foreign minister, will pay a working visit to Russia.

Common ground

His talks with our country's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are scheduled for August 25.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov will hold talks in Moscow on August 25 with Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican's secretary for international affairs”

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The claim is confirmed by multiple independent sources: TASS (cross-reference), a web search result mentioning the meeting on the 25th, and a TASS photo caption explicitly documenting the meeting between Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher and Sergey Lavrov on August 25.

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Claim 2: “From August 24 to 28, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Holy See and the Vatican's foreign minister, will pay a working visit to Russia.”

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Three independent web sources (Vatican News, a report on the Holy See Envoy, and a 'LIVE' news update) all explicitly state that Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher is visiting Russia from August 24 to 28.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Richard Gallagher (born 23 January 1954) is a British prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See's Secretariat of State since November 201…
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Claim 3: “President Vladimir Putin has no meeting with the Vatican official scheduled so far.”

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The provided evidence contains information about Vladimir Putin's other activities (visiting remains of a prince, attending BRICS, and a 2013 meeting with the Pope), but none of the sources explicitly confirm or deny whether a meeting with Archbishop Gallagher was scheduled or not during this specific visit.

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