U.S. President Joe Biden will journey to Rome subsequent month to fulfill with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis.
Biden will “meet with Italy’s leaders to focus on the energy of the U.S.-Italy relationship, thank Prime Minister Meloni for her sturdy management of the G7 over the previous 12 months, and talk about necessary challenges going through the world,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated Thursday night in Washington.
The Jan. 9-12 journey to Rome is prone to be the final overseas go to of Biden’s presidency, underscoring the Italian prime minister’s rising standing as a significant EU energy participant. (POLITICO named Meloni probably the most highly effective individual in Europe final week.)
Meloni’s ties with the White House are set to develop even stronger when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes workplace on Jan. 20. Trump has referred to as Meloni a “incredible chief and individual,” whereas Meloni advised her EU friends to undertake an “open strategy with the brand new Trump administration.” Meloni can be chummy with Trump adviser and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Biden, a religious Catholic, additionally plans to fulfill with Pope Francis on Jan. 10 to “talk about efforts to advance peace all over the world.”
