Italian foreign minister to visit Ukraine on June 10

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will make a working visit to Ukraine at the invitation of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday, June 10, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service has reported.

"The ministers will hold talks, and their key topics will be the development of the political dialogue between Ukraine and Italy, the intensification of investment cooperation, an increase in trade, support for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of our country, and the strengthening of cooperation within international organizations," the report reads.

Di Maio and Kuleba will also pay special attention to the situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and efforts to promote a political and diplomatic settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict.

They will make press statements at 11:20 and open the Ukrainian-Italian business forum at 12:00.

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