Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has got an invitation to attend an international event titled “World Meeting for Peace Peoples as Brothers, Future Earth” to be held in Rome on October 6 and 7.

The invitation has been extended by the Community of Sant’Egidio, which works for the poor, homeless, sick and the needy.

In the invitation letter sent to the chief minister, Prof. Marco Impagliazzo, the president of the community, wrote that Pope Francis, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Great Imam of Al-Azhar (Egypt) H.E. Ahmad al Tayyib, German Chancellor Angela Markel and highest Italian political authorities had already confirmed their participation in the event.

The chief minister has been invited for her “commitment” and “generous battles” in favour of the weakest and disadvantaged. In the letter, Mamata has been congratulated for her electoral success.

Sources said Mamata had not taken any decision on attending the programme in Rome as it was scheduled just before Durga Puja.