Foreign Minister Angelino
Alfano on Thursday met Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Beirut
and delivered an invitation from President Sergio Mattarella for
Aoun to visit Italy.
Alfano also met high-level Lebanese officials before
travelling to the south of the country to meet the over 1,000
Italian Blue Helmets in the UNIFIL mission on the Israeli
border.
On his blog, Alfano said Italy was proud to have worked in
Lebanon for many years and was also a strategic commercial
partner of the Middle Eastern country.
Alfano also said the key to easing the migrant emergency was
resolving the Syrian crisis to allow refugees to return.
Alfano also voiced the hope that Italian fuels group Eni can
have a role in exploiting Lebanon's offshore gas deposits.
The foreign minister also urged Iran to implement the accord
on its nuclear programme.
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