Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini
on Tuesday visited Italian troops in Iraq and thanked them for
the work they are doing there.
The minister tweeted: "Baghdad, Camp Dublin base, here a
month after.
"But my presence today is different. I bring with me today
many letters, phrases, and thoughts that the Italians have
directed to you in these days, writing to me or stopping me in
the street.
"They can be summed up like this: thanks for what you are
doing".
The meeting with the troops was part of Guerini's tour of
operational theatres two weeks after the US killing of top
Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.
The visit, which started Monday with his arrival in Kuwait,
continued Tuesday in Iraq where Guerini met the authorities and
the Italian soldiers.
The tour will conclude Wednesday with a visit to "another
operational theatre", defence sources said.
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