Italy will deploy more than 7,000
police and soldiers to guard the G7 summit in Taormina May
26-27, Interior Minister Marco Minniti said after chairing a
meeting of the national committee for public order and security
Friday. The committee decided "the targeted boosting and
intensification of activities needed to raise the security
standards in the places involved in the summit all over the
country". The meeting reviewed national and local security
guidelines and ordered maximum coordination among all security
and intelligence services. An extra 2,900 soldiers will be
drafted in to boost summit security, added to the contingent of
7,050 guarding sensitive sites nationwide, a statement said.
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