Group of Italian lawmakers, businessmen to visit Crimea

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Oct. 7, 2016 at 1:49 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C-R) visit archaeological excavations in Chersonesu outside Sevastopol, Crimea on September 12, 2015. President Vladimir Putin hosted Italy's former leader Silvio Berlusconi for talks in Crimea, during the highest-profile visit by a Western politician to the peninsula since its annexation last year. (AFP)

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A delegation of Italian parliamentarians is going to visit Crimea and Sevastopol on October 13-15, a spokesperson for the de-facto Sevastopol authorities said on Thursday.

“A delegation of members of Italian regional councils (Veneto, Lombardy, Liguria, Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna), national parliament and representatives from the Italian business community are planning to visit,” the spokesperson said.

The visit program has yet to be clarified, local authorities will give more information on this later.

The delegation is expected to consist of 18 members.

Earlier, in July, Crimea was visited by a delegation of eleven French parliamentarians.