The prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, landed in Algiers for an official bilateral visit to the Democratic and Popular Algerian Republic, the first such engagement since she has been at the helm of the government.
Meloni will begin the two days in Algeria by placing a wreath at the Martyr's Monument.
At 17.45, a visit to the Italian Navy ship Carabiniere is scheduled, which has landed in the port of Algiers.
In the evening, together with Algerian Prime Minister Aimen Benabderrahman, she will participate in an official dinner in a restaurant of a large hotel in the capital,
On Monday at 10, he will make a symbolic stop at the Mattei Garden, to pay homage to the founder of ENI, then he will go to the Bastion 23 fortress-museum, a historical monument in the casbah.
At 11.30 the ceremonial foresees the arrival at the El Mouradia palace, for the official meeting with the President of the Algerian Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Giorgia Meloni was welcomed at Algiers airport by the Prime Minister of the Algerian Republic, Aimen Benabderrahmane, and by the Italian ambassador in Algiers, Giovanni Pugliese.
The Italian and Algerian national anthems were performed, followed by the review of the Republican Guard and the three Algerian armed forces.
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