# Vatican diplomatic service head to visit Russia on August 25-28, archdiocese official says

https://mins.news/en/item/26085

- TASS, 2026-08-19 11:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2175051

> Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for International Affairs, will visit Moscow from August 25 to 28, Bishop Nikolay Dubinin said. Gallagher previously traveled to Moscow in November 2021, where he met Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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