Putin to pay working visit to Italy Nov 25-26
MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a working visit to Italy on November 25-26.
Following a visit to the Vatican on November 25, Putin should meet with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and UN Special Envoy for the Sahel Romano Prodi, presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.
On November 26, Putin and Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta are to take part in the 8th round of bilateral intergovernmental consultations in Trieste.
"The international agenda of the talks envisions the discussion of Russia's interaction with the EU and NATO and relevant international problems, primarily the situation in Syria," Ushakov said.
This will be the third meeting between the Russian and Italian leaders in 2013, Ushakov said. Before this, the two met during the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort, and a G20 meeting in St. Petersburg on September 5, he said.
The tradition of expanded top-level intergovernmental consultations involving key ministers from the two countries has existed in the Russian-Italian relationship since 2002. The previous such meeting (the 7th) took place in Sochi in December 2010.
The agenda of the upcoming events includes the entire range of bilateral and international issues, Ushakov said. About 10 intergovernmental and interagency documents are to be signed to stimulate interaction in the healthcare, customs regulation, and combat against crime sectors, the spokesman said.
About 15 inter-corporate documents are expected to be signed, Ushakov said. "Contracts between Russian and Italian power, industrial, transport enterprises and banks are planned," he said.
The Russian president is accompanied by representative delegation of Russian business people, including the chiefs of Vnesheconombank, Rosneft, the Fund of Direct Investments, Russian Grids, the Transcapital bank, and others.
