Open to long-term investors says Padoan (2)

(ANSA) - Milan, September 30 - The government is "open to investments and in particular is engaged in helping long-term investors in our country," Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said Wednesday. Padoan said that "there are opportunities (in Italy) but the risk is to hesitate". He said sovereign funds were "important in general and in particular in this situation," at the start of a recovery. "Italy is the place where the relations between the public and private sectors can become absolutely the most profitable".