Italian PM Giuseppe Conte Believes Sanctions on Russia Are Counter-Productive!

Italy believes that unilateral decisions on anti-Russian sanctions are counter-productive. And is working on universal dialogue about the total abolition of the restrictions regime. That was what Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, said in his interview to the First Deputy CEO of TASS, Mikhail Gusman, in anticipation of Vladimir Putin's visit.

Italy believes that unilateral decisions on anti-Russian sanctions are counter-productive. And is working on universal dialogue about the total abolition of the restrictions regime. That was what Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, said in his interview to the First Deputy CEO of TASS, Mikhail Gusman, in anticipation of Vladimir Putin's visit. Rome works to engage all of the parties into a substantive discussion of the issue.

Conte also noted that he hopes to receive the Russian President with the same hospitality, with which he was received in Moscow in October.

 

The Prime Minister believes that Putin's arrival will allow to discuss bilateral relations and ways for their development.

Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy: "We could increase the potential in the area of industrial machine-building, transportation, tourism, and agriculture where we have a lot of experience and competitive clusters. In my opinion, cultural and university exchanges could be more intensive. So cooperation in scientific studies, for example. There are many opportunities for exchanges in the area of new technologies. There are lots of opportunities. We took part in the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. This forum became an extremely interesting "shopping window" again. We showed our interest in your initiatives there again. And we're ready for full-fledged cooperation in every area!".