MOSCOW, June 29. /TASS/. Pope Francis' peace envoy for Ukraine Cardinal Matteo Zuppi will meet with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in Moscow on Thursday afternoon, a Russian Orthodox Church source told TASS.

"We can confirm this information," he said, when asked to comment on Apostolic Nuncio to Russia Archbishop Giovanni d'Aniello’s remark that a meeting between Patriarch Kirill and Cardinal Zuppi would take place on Thursday afternoon.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow also confirmed the information about the upcoming meeting on Telegram, adding that the talks would involve Apostolic Nuncio to Russia Archbishop Giovanni d'Aniello. However, according to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, the meeting was expected to take place early in the day.

Earlier, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia Archbishop Pavel (Paolo) Pezzi told TASS that the papal envoy had held a meeting with Russian Presidential Foreign Policy Aide Yury Ushakov, mostly discussing humanitarian issues related to refugees. According to Archbishop Pezzi, the meeting was constructive.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis' peace envoy for Ukraine and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, arrived in Moscow on Tuesday night. According to the Vatican press service, the main purpose of his mission is to make a humanitarian contribution to the search for a way out of the current tragic situation in order to achieve a just peace. Earlier, the cardinal visited Kiev, where he met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and religious leaders.