Working with Berlin on enhanced cooperation - Di Maio

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 9 - Italy is working with Germany on enhanced bilateral cooperation, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said Thursday saying that the recent landmark accord boosting ties with France was not aimed at excluding others.
    "We are working on a plan of action to boost bilateral relations with Berlin," Di Maio told the parliamentary foreign affairs committees.
    "The Quirinal Treaty (with France) can certainly not be interpreted as aimed at excluding anyone. We are inclusive. And we will remain so. For this reason Italy has for some time been working to boost cooperation with other important European countries like Germany too".
    Italo-German contacts have been ongoing at a technical level for several months, said the minister, adding that h will see the new German foreign minister this weekend in Liverpool. (ANSA).