French President Francois Hollande will visit Rome on June 14 on his first visit since taking office, the Italian government announced, indicating that the visit comes within the context of "bilateral friendship" between the countries' people.

Hollande will meet with his counterpart Giorgio Napolitano and Italian Premier Mario Monti.

Italian sources spoke about a quartet summit bringing France, Germany, Italy, Spain together to discuss the crisis in the Eurozone hosted by the Italian capital Rome, in preparation for the European Union in Brussels on June 28-29.

The French President's visit comes ahead of G20 talks in Mexico.
 

Source: BNA