Italian PM, six ministers due in Israel for talks October 25, 2012 - 10:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is scheduled to arrive Thursday, Oct 25, at the head of a delegation of six ministers from Rome that will hold his country’s third annual government-to-government meeting with their Israeli counterparts, The Jerusalem Post reported. This will be Monti’s first visit to Israel since taking over as prime minister from Silvio Berlusconi last November. Diplomatic officials said that the close relationship Jerusalem and Rome enjoyed under Berlusconi is continuing under Monti, with Italy considered among Israel’s closest friends in the EU, and a country which often comes to Israel’s support during deliberations on Israel and the Middle East inside the 27-member body. Monti will be joined by Italy’s foreign, defense, justice, education and transportation ministers. Partner news  Top stories The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Bağış said Istanbul’s unique status as a “peaceful coexistence of all cultures and religions” makes it a vital player in the EU.   Partner news |  Latest news International Arts Education Week ongoing in Armenia  Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova noted the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field.WB to support electronic control system launch in Prosecutor’s Office Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan met World Bank Country Manager for Armenia Jean-Michel Happi.Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference due in fall Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with French ambassador Henri Reynaud.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software. |
