(April 14, 2017) With the aim of strengthening bilateral relations between Italy and Ecuador ended on April 13 the visit in Quito by the President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate, Pier Ferdinando Casini who, with the support of our Embassy, had a series of institutional meetings. Many commitments on the agenda, including the participation of Casini, as a speaker, at the conference on the 60 years of the European Union organized by the Pontifical Catholic University, as well as numerous meetings with the local press, which gave wide coverage to the mission . Casini also visited the headquarters of the Dante Alighieri Society of Quito and met the Italian community in Ecuador. Accompanied by the Italian Ambassador in Ecuador, Marco Filippo Tornetta, the President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate has also visited the offices of the Fondo Italo-Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo Sostenible (Fieds), the cooperation tool designed to manage the conversion operation the Italy-Ecuador debt. On this occasion, Casini spoke with the co-directors Carlo Miglioli and Andrea Marín, who briefly outlined the activities of the Fund and the future prospects of the Conversion Program of the Italy-Ecuador Debt. Casini has expressed its appreciation for the work of the Fund and assured his full support, within his institutional competence, to the activities of the Italian Cooperation in Ecuador. (Red)
Casini alongside the Italian Cooperation in Ecuador
