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Pope Francis arrives in Kazakhstan, says he is “always ready” to visit China

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Pope Francis arrived in Kazakhstan on Tuesday at the start of a three-day trip to attend a peace meeting of world religious leaders. Francis, 85, who suffers from a knee ailment, used a finger ramp for the first time on his trip to exit the plane and enter the terminal in a wheelchair.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev greeted the Pope briefly at the airport. Later, the Pope travelled in a small white car to the gleaming marble presidential palace for a private meeting with the head of state, before making an an address to government officials and the diplomatic corps.

Speaking to reporters accompanying him on his flight to the central Asian republic, Francis was asked whether he might meet China's President Xi Jinping in its capital Nur-Sultan, where both men will be on Wednesday. "I don't have any news about that," the Pope replied.

Asked if he was ready to go to China, Francis responded: "I am always ready to go to China."

Xi is visiting Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Sept. 14-16 in his first official trip to a foreign nation since China all but shut its borders due to COVID-19. He is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Uzbekistan, while the meeting of religious leaders is marked by the conspicuous absence of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who supports the war in Ukraine.

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