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Claudia Palazzo: Italy and Ukraine strengthen bilateral cooperation

By Claudia Palazzo.

Published July 1, 2021. Updated July 1 at 4:56 am

The Italian Air Force aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori (Tricolor Arrows) spreads smoke with the colors of the Italian flag over (FromL) the Altare della Patria monument, Trajan's Column and the Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano church (R) in the city of Rome on June 2, 2019 as part of the Republic Day ceremony. (Photo by Laurent EMMANUEL / AFP)

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On June 10, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio paid an official visit to Kyiv, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.