Washington, meeting Fico-Pelosi: “Italy among NATO’s best friends”

“It is a great honor to welcome the Speaker of the House Roberto Fico, also in a personal capacity as an Italian-American, is a bridge between the two countries”: so the speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill in front of the press before receive his colleague on his second day of visit to the USA. Pelosi thanked Fico for having “successfully” organized the G20 of the presidents of the lower chambers, in which she participated expressing her gratitude – she recalled – also to President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Mario Draghi for their commitment to global and regional security . A gratitude that he also extended for Italy’s hospitality to US military personnel. “Italy is one of our best friends in NATO”, the speaker of the Chamber emphasized, hoping to “further strengthen the already solid ties between the two countries”. Among the topics of the meeting with Fico he indicated the pandemic, the climate, economic recovery, scientific collaboration and security. Yesterday, upon his arrival in Washington, the Speaker of the House met the Italian ambassador Mariangela Zappia and the embassy staff and immediately after the Italian astronaut, Roberto Vittori: «He is an extraordinary representative of our country: astronaut of the ‘European Space Agency and Air Force General, has three times carried out missions in space. I visited the Center National Air and Space Museum in Washington with him. Listening to him talking about space, research and the environment was a wonderful opportunity ».