Italian President Sergio Mattarella will receive Ukrainian President Volodimyr Zelensky at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Saturday, sources said on Friday.
The time of the meeting was not given by the sources.
It had been reported by several qualified international sources on Thursday that Zelensky may pay a flying visit to Rome in the coming days and meet Premier Giorgia Meloni as part of series of visits to EU countries.
Zelensky recently visited Helsinki in Finland and The Hague in the Netherlands and German media have reported that he will be in Berlin in the next few days to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Italy has been providing Kyiv with military aid and has backed Western sanctions on Moscow since the Russian invasion.
Vatican sources said Thursday that "it is possible that the pope will meet the Ukrainian president on Saturday" when asked about the reports of a Zelensky visit to Rome.
The pope received Ukrainian Premier Denys Shmyhal two weeks ago and had audience with Zelensky in February 2020, before the Russian invasion.
The Vatican has said it is involved in a peace mission to try to end the war in Ukraine, without disclosing details.
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