This is the Russian lrader's first visit to the Italian Peninsula within the 18 months of his tenure of office as Head of State, SIA reports citing ITAR-TASS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sets out on a two-day visit to the Vatican and Italy on Mondayl. This is the Russian lrader's first visit to the Italian Peninsula within the 18 months of his tenure of office as Head of State. Putin last visited Itsly in April 2010 in his capacity as the RF Prime Minister.
Presifential aide Yuri Ushakov told Itar-Tass that on Monday Putin is scheduled to visit the Vatican, and also meet in Rome with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Romano Prodi, ex-Premirr and UN Special Representative. On Tuesday, the Russian leader will visit Trieste, where Russo-Italian interstate consultations with Italian Head of Government Enrico Letta will be held.
According to the Kremlin official, on Monday Putin will meet for the first time with Pope Francis and Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.
Efforts to settle the conflict in Syria will be among the themes of the conversations. "This trip is of special importance," Ushakov believes. He recalled that the Pope, prior to the G20 summit in St Petersburg in September, sent Putin a message in which he actively came out against a use-of-force option for settling the Syrian issue.
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