6 Aug 2013 18:27

Moscow to host 4th Russia-Italy 2+2 meeting in 2014

ROME. August 6 (Interfax) - The next meeting in the 2+2 format between Russian and Italian foreign and defense ministers will take place in Moscow in 2014.

"In general the talks confirmed the extensive potential of expanding our interaction in all spheres. We value this mechanism and invited our Italian counterparts to visit Moscow next year for another 2+2 meeting , the fourth one," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference in the wake of the Tuesday 2+2 talks in Rome.

The first 2+2 meeting took place in Rome on May 20, 2010. Moscow hosted the second one in April 2012.