The visit to Washington DC of the Italy-United States Bilateral Friendship Section of the Italian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union ended on Thursday. The delegation, assisted by the Ambassador of Italy, Mariangela Zappia, was composed of the President of the Italian UIP Group Sen. Pier Ferdinando Casini, the President of the Bilateral Friendship Section Sen. Mariastella Gelmini, and the Hon. Giangiacomo Calovini.

The meetings were also attended by Hon. Christian Di Sanzo in his capacity as elected official to the North and Central America constituency. There were meetings at the State Department and a series of influential Think Tanks to exchange views on the common engagement of Italy and the United States and bilateral collaboration on major foreign policy dossiers, starting with the Middle East and Ukraine.