Tajani says row over Cirielli meeting Russian envoy pointless

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 16 - A row over Deputy Foreign Minister Edmondo Cirielli meeting Russian Ambassador Aleksej Vladimirovic Paramonov is "pointless" since Italy has not broken off ties with Moscow, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Monday. The controversy over Cirielli is "a pointless controversy" because the deputy minister "received an ambassador accredited to the Italian Republic," Tajani said in Brussels. "We have not severed diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation." The meeti...

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