The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri held talks today with the Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Hariri's press office indicated on Monday.

Hariri arrived at the headquarters of the Italian government in Rome where he was greeted by his Italian counterpart. After listening to the Lebanese and Italian national anthems, they inspected the honor guards and held a closed meeting.

Lebanon's ambassador to Italy Karim Khalil, Mr. Nader Hariri, the Italian ambassador to Lebanon Massimo Marotti and the advisors of the Italian Prime Minister for Diplomatic, Political and Military Affairs participated later on to the meeting.

The meeting tackled the ongoing preparations for the Rome II Conference to support the Lebanese army and security forces, and the Paris Conference to support the Lebanese economy as well as Lebanon's request to lift Italian restrictions on Lebanese agricultural and industrial products

Source: NNA