(ANSA) - Moscow, March 5 - Italian Premier Matteo Renzi told his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev on Thursday that he hopes Russians will flock to the Expo 2015 world's fair opening in Milan on May 1.
"We expect your fellow citizens to show up in numbers at Expo, to which Russia has made a significant contribution," Renzi told Medvedev.
Also on Thursday, the Italian premier told TASS Russian news agency he hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the universal exposition running through October 31.