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Putin to Meet Pope
ROME (AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is emphasizing historically strong ties with Italy before a one-day visit Thursday to Rome that will include a meeting with Pope Francis.
Putin said in an interview published in Corriere della Sera that
we have a special relationship, tested by time, with Italy,
and he welcomed the populist government
s position that EU sanctions against Russia should be lifted.
The Russian president, ahead of his first visit to Italy in four years, said in written responses to the Milan daily that Moscow didn
t want to extend countermeasures against European Union sanctions to Italy, but that it couldn
t react selectively within the World Trade Organization.
Putin asks Italy to help restoring ties with EU, meets Pope
ROME (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Thursday for help in improving relations between the European Union and Russia and stop sanctions on Moscow.
2019-07-04T08:29:38Z