(ANSA) - Rome, May 17 - Premier Paolo Gentiloni said Italy
was supporting a resumption in dialogue between Russia and the
EU after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on
Wednesday. "It is necessary to resume the EU-Russia dialogue
with strength," Gentiloni said. "It is a strategic partnership
that the Ukraine crisis cannot cancel out".
Gentiloni meets Putin
Ukraine crisis 'cannot cancel strategic partnership' - premier