Renzi hails Peres after funeral (2)

(ANSA) - Jerusalem, September 30 - Italian Premier Matteo Renzi paid tribute to former Israeli president Shimon Peres on Friday after attending his funeral in Jerusalem. Renzi said Peres had performed a "final service" by bringing together US President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral.
    "It's a great political accomplishment and an opportunity to give a signal to this tormented land," he said. "It has been an important day".
    Renzi told Italian media that he gave the Peres family the condolences of Italian President Sergio Mattarella and a personal message from former president Giorgio Napolitano, "who worked a great deal with the Israeli statesman".