US Vice President Joe
Biden, meeting Italian Premier Matteo Renzi in Rome Friday,
thanked him for Italy's contribution to security from
Afghanistan to Iraq to the Mediterranean basin, the White House
said.
Biden and Renzi also discussed "our common efforts to
degrade and defeat ISIS, cooperation against terrorism and
efforts to combat violent extremism," the White House said.
They also concurred on the importance of fully implementing
the Minsk accords on Ukraine and the importance of energy
diversification, it said.
Earlier, Italian sources said Renzi and Biden saw eye to eye
on the current troubled geopolitical situation, especially as
regards Syria and Libya.
The meeting at Villa Taverna, the official residence of
the US ambassador, lasted about an hour, the sources said.
They added that the encounter took place in an "excellent
atmosphere" and that Biden expressed "great praise" of Renzi and
Italy's commitment to the international coalition against terror
and ISIS.
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