(ANSA) - VILNIUS, JULY 6 - ''Si maritau Rosa''. Unscheduled
moment with a classic of Sicilian song for the President of the
Republic Sergio Mattarella in Vilnius. In the main square of the
city, after visiting the cathedral, the head of the state
chanced upon a group of Sicilian tourists who greeted him in an
affectionate way and then paid a tribute to their common origin,
by starting to sing ''Si maritau Rosa''. This is how the
president's state visit to the Baltic republics ended this
morning. Mattarella laid a wreath at the Antakalnis cemetery,
then he met a representative of the Italian community in
Lithuania. ''The ties between Italy and Lithuania are very
strong, significant, and they are becoming even stronger thanks
to your presence, which is precious'', he said to the Italian
representative.
Before leaving, the head of state visited the exhibition of
Italian works staged at the ecclesiastical museum of the church
of St. Michael the Archangel. At the end, he participated in the
flag-raising ceremony at the presidential palace, which was the
closing event of his five-day visit to the Baltic countries,
where he met the leaders of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
(ANSA).
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