Leaders applaud pope at G7

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 14 - Applause greeted the Pope's entrance Friday into the room of the G7 session dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Africa and the Mediterranean, open to the countries and international outreach organisations invited to the summit in Puglia.
    Francis entered in his wheelchair, accompanied on his left by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and went around the huge oval table greeting the leaders one by one.
    He then took a seat in the centrally positioned chair, with Meloni at his side on the left and President Emmanuel Macron of France on the right.
    It is the first time a pope has attended a G7 summit. (ANSA).