(ANSA) - Washington, November 27 - US Vice President Joe
Biden, meeting Italian Premier Matteo Renzi in Rome Friday,
thanked him for Italy's contribution to security from
Afghanistan to Iraq to the Mediterranean basin, the White House
said.
Earlier, Italian sources said Renzi and Biden saw eye to eye
on the current troubled geopolitical situation, especially as
regards Syria and Libya.
The meeting at Villa Taverna, the official residence of
the US ambassador, lasted about an hour, the sources said.
They added that the encounter took place in an "excellent
atmosphere" and that Biden expressed "great praise" of Renzi and
Italy's commitment to the international coalition against terror
and ISIS.
Biden thanks Renzi for security help
From Afghanistan to Iraq and Med