Friday, 5 June 2020, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany: For his very first visit abroad since the outbreak of the sanitary crisis in Europe, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio undertook an official jaunt to Berlin wherein he made with his German counterpart Dr. Heiko Maas for an urgent meeting focusing on i) the reopening of borders without discrimination for Italians within the Schengen Area, ii) further measures to undertake in order to combat the spread of Covid-19 in Europe as well as the alarming situation in Libya, and the positions held in the matter by Italy and Germany.
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Italian Foreign Ministry: https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/missione-a-berlino-del-ministro-luigi-di-maio.html
Embassy of Italy to Germany (HE Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo): https://ambberlino.esteri.it/ambasciata_berlino/it/