Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will
be in Israel Thursday where he will meet his counterpart Gabi
Ashkenazi, with whom he will sign a protocol of collaboration in
the cultural and scientific field, the foreign ministry said
Wednesday.
He will also see Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, deputy
premier and Defence Minister Gantz and President Rivlin, as well
as the leader of the opposition Lapid, it said.
On Friday Di Maio will travel to the Palestinian Territories
where he will meet Palestinian National Authority Premier
Mohammad Shtayyeh and Di maio's opposite number Riad Malki.
It will be Di Maio's first visit to Israel since the 5-Star
Movement (M5S), which he previously led, came to power in 2018.
It will also be his first trip there since becoming foreign
minister in September last year.
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