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Italian FM Luigi Di Maio arrives in Ukraine for first time

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published June 10, 2021 at 11:30 am

Italy's Foreign minister Luigi Di Maio arrives on Day 2 of the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London on May 5, 2021. - G7 foreign ministers meet in London for their first face-to-face talks in more than two years, with calls for urgent joined-up action to tackle the most pressing global threats. (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY / POOL / AFP)

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Italian Foreign and International Cooperation Minister Luigi Di Maio is making his first visit to Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

“My great pleasure to welcome [Head of Italian diplomacy] Luigi Di Maio in Kyiv to deepen friendly ties between Ukraine and Italy and open a Ukrainian-Italian business forum. Turning contacts into Ukrainian-Italian contracts. This is his first visit to Ukraine,” Kuleba wrote on his Twitter page.