“On July 7, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Mayo will be in Yekaterinburg at the opening of the Innoprom international industrial exhibition,” Terracciano said.

He also said that Italy “will be represented at the proper level at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg and, of course, at the celebrations dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory, there will also be a high-level representative of Italy.”

Earlier it was reported that Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte had a telephone conversation.