Premier Giuseppe Conte said
Tuesday that he reiterated Italy's opposition to Vienna's plan
to give a double passport to Alto Adige's German and Ladin
speakers during a meeting with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian
Kurz.
"I had the opportunity to express to Kurz that Italy has a
clear position on the passports and dual nationality," Conte
told a joint press conference with Kurz after the leaders met in
Rome.
On Monday that Italian foreign ministry said Foreign Minister
Enzo Moavero Milanesi would not go to Vienna for one of the
regular bilateral meetings proposed by the Austrian foreign
ministry because mutual trust has been undermined by Vienna's
double-passport plan.
While on his way to Rome for Tuesday's meeting, Kurz told
reporters that "Italy has no reason to get upset" about the
plan.
"Many people in South Tyrol want the double passport and this
is part of the (Austrian) government's programme," he said.
"We have always made it clear that we will act in agreement
with Rome".
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