Walter Schwimmer on official visit
to Italy
The Council of Europe Secretary General has begun
an official three-day visit to Italy, in the light of the forthcoming
Italian presidency of the EU. In Rome, he will meet Foreign Minister
Franco Frattini, Chairman of the Italian Senate's Committee for
Foreign Affairs Fiorello Provera, Justice Minister Roberto Castelli,
Minister for Communitarian Policy Rocco Buttiglione and other high-level
officials. In Naples, on 14 March, the Secretary General will visit
the Maison de la Méditerranée, at the invitation of
Claudio Azzolini, President of the Italian delegation to the Council
of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. He will present the Mediterranean
Peace Prize to Father Elia Chacour, a Palestinian Catholic priest
who converted to Judaism in order to highlight the close relations
between monotheistic religions.
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