U.S. President Joe Biden will journey to Rome subsequent month to satisfy with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis.
Biden will “meet with Italy’s leaders to spotlight the power of the U.S.-Italy relationship, thank Prime Minister Meloni for her sturdy management of the G7 over the previous 12 months, and focus on essential challenges going through the world,” White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated Thursday night in Washington.
The Jan. 9-12 journey to Rome is more likely to be the final international go to of Biden’s presidency, underscoring the Italian prime minister’s rising standing as a serious EU energy participant. (POLITICO named Meloni essentially the most highly effective individual in Europe final week.)
Meloni’s ties with the White Home 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 “unbelievable chief and individual,” whereas Meloni instructed her EU friends to undertake an “open method 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 satisfy with Pope Francis on Jan. 10 to “focus on efforts to advance peace world wide.”
