VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Following is a list of the main world leaders who have so far said they will attend Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday in Saint Peter’s Square. ARGENTINA – President Javier Milei. AUSTRIA – President Alexander Van der Bellen, Chancellor Christian Stocker. BANGLADESH – Chief Adviser (interim leader) Muhammad Yunus. BELGIUM – King […]
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Following is a list of the main world leaders who have so far said they will attend Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday in Saint Peter’s Square.
ARGENTINA – President Javier Milei.
AUSTRIA – President Alexander Van der Bellen, Chancellor Christian Stocker.
BANGLADESH – Chief Adviser (interim leader) Muhammad Yunus.
BELGIUM – King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
BRITAIN – Prince William and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
BRAZIL – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and first lady Janja Lula da Silva.
CROATIA – President Zoran Milanovic.
CYPRUS – President Nikos Christodoulides.
CZECH REPUBLIC – Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
ESTONIA – President Alar Karis.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – President Luis Abinader.
EUROPEAN UNION – Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Council President Antonio Costa, Parliament President Roberta Metsola.
EAST TIMOR – President Jose Ramos-Horta.
ECUADOR – President Daniel Noboa.
FINLAND – President Alexander Stubb.
FRANCE – President Emmanuel Macron.
GERMANY – President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
GREECE – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
HONDURAS – President Xiomara Castro.
HUNGARY – President Tamas Sulyok.
ITALY – President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
IRELAND – Prime Minister Micheal Martin.
LATVIA – President Edgars Rinkevics.
LITHUANIA – President Gitanas Nauseda.
MOLDOVA – President Maia Sandu.
NETHERLANDS – Prime Minister Dick Schoof.
NEW ZEALAND – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
NORWAY – Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
PHILIPPINES – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
POLAND – President Andrzej Duda.
PORTUGAL – President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.
ROMANIA – Interim President Ilie Bolojan.
SPAIN – King Felipe and Queen Letizia.
SWEDEN – King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
SWITZERLAND – President Karin Keller-Sutter.
UKRAINE – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
UNITED STATES – President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
(Compiled by Giulia Segreti, Editing by Timothy Heritage, Andrew Heavens and Alex Richardson)