President Hassan Rouhani has accepted an invitation to visit Rome, Italy’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, in what would be his first trip to an EU capital as he tries to mend diplomatic and economic ties with the West.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi invited Rouhani to make the trip “in the coming weeks”, according to a spokesman for Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who was in Tehran on Wednesday, the latest high-level European official to visit the major oil producer which is about to exit a tough EU sanctions regime.
“Rouhani accepted the invitation and will let us know when,” Gentiloni told reporters …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
