Tel Aviv. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano will visit Israel and Palestine on Wednesday, March 15. At 9:00am, local time, he will meet the leader of the Israeli opposition, Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv followed local press releases and talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The mission will continue at the Presidential Residence for a meeting with Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin, preceded by statements to the local press. A visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem is scheduled later from 13:15 to 14:15, after which Alfano will meet with Italian press. In the afternoon, Alfano will travel to Ramallah, where at 16:30 he will meet with Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al-Malki after which a joint press conference will take place followed by a meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. During his visit, Foreign Minister Alfano will confirm Italy’s
willingness to contribute to the reconstruction of a political landscape for the two-state solution, which is considered to be the only way forward, and at the same time will make this the Italian commitment to support restarting direct negotiations between the two parties. (9Colonne)