Rome, 9 July (LaPresse) – ‘Welcome to this palace, Mr President, it is a great pleasure to meet you again to reiterate the great friendship that binds Italy to Ukraine and our country's full support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity’. Thus the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella receiving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Quirinale. ‘With the most intense and concrete closeness, our position is and remains absolutely firm and I would also like to express admiration for the behaviour of the Ukrainian people, which reinforces our conviction of full support and backing for their country,’ the head of state added.

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