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Russian President to Visit Italy to Discuss Economic and Cultural Cooperation

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Russian President to Visit Italy to Discuss Economic and Cultural Cooperation


23.07.2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay a working visit to Italy on Friday to discuss economic and cultural cooperation and international problems with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, ITAR-TASS.

“The talks will continue an exchange of opinions on vital issues of bilateral and international agenda,” a Kremlin official said adding the Russian-Italian dialogue “is traditionally constructive.”

The press service of the Italian government said economic issues will highlight the talks.

As for international affairs, “Italy is a successive supporter of the development of NATO-Russia dialogue. The Italian leadership initiated in European circles the discussion about an early introduction of visa-free travel between the EU and Russia,” the press service said adding Italy is interested in the proposal of the Russian president regarding new European security architecture.

The Kremlin official said “Medvedev and Berlusconi will pay major attention to the discussion of issues on the international agenda. They include problems of new European architecture formation in light of the initiative of the Russian president to draft a European security treaty, relations between Russia and the European Union and NATO, the global financial crisis, energy security, the results of G8 and G20 summits in Canada, as well as the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East and the situation around the Iranian nuclear program.”
 
Cultural cooperation will also be on the agenda, including cross-year culture festivals this year and next.

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