Italy PM to pay landmark visit to Iran next week: Rome
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will reportedly pay a two-day landmark visit to Iran next week, becoming the first major Western leader to travel to Iran after the lifting of international sanctions against Tehran.
The premier's office said in a statement on Monday that Renzi would be in Tehran on April 12 and 13, without giving further details of his itinerary.
The trip will come three months after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani paid a visit to Italy, the Vatican and France in an important bid to rebuild relations with Europe after Iran and the P5+1 group of countries started to implement a nuclear agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), they reached in July 2015.
After Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, France, Britain, China and Russia – plus Germany started to implement the JCPOA on January 16, all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Tehran by the European Union, the Security Council and the US were lifted. Iran has, in return, put some limitations on its nuclear activities.
During President Rouhani’s visit to Rome in January, Iran and Italy signed contracts worth up to 17 billion euros (USD 18.4 billion).
European countries and businesses have expressed their keenness to boost trade ties with Iran after the JCPOA went into effect.
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