Italy and the United States are not only economic partners but more importantly allies and friendly countries, as evidenced by the close relations that, since time immemorial, have existed between our governments. I met in the House with Jack Markell, U.S. ambassador to Rome with whom I have relations not only as ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ช ๐๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ช ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช but also as a U.S. citizen, as I have dual citizenship. At a time when two conflicts are on the doorstep of the old continent and the economy is changing, it was an important time to share views, ideas and plans.
