Italy welcomes the outcome of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of the United States of America Barack Obama on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the United Nations in new York, said the Deputy head of the Chamber of deputies of Italy Simone Baldelli at the meeting of the Big Russian-Italian inter-parliamentary Commission.

The presidents of Russia and the United States conducted the first day of the week on the evening of the 1st for the last 2 years bilateral meeting, during which discussed the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic and Ukraine. The conversation, which took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in new York, lasted an hour and a half instead of the planned 50 minutes. Protracted dialogue did not produce a breakthrough in solving regional issues, but fixed the restore dialogue at the highest level.

"now there is disagreement regarding Russia's position on the Syrian crisis. We strongly welcome the meeting of Putin and Obama, because these topics are of great importance ", - noted Baldelli. The people's Deputy said that he hopes to discuss with Russian colleagues "burning issues" to which he attributed the tense situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and in Northern Africa, as well as the European migration crisis.

on Wednesday in the State Duma held the 14th meeting of the Big Russian-Italian inter-parliamentary Commission. The meeting is expected to discuss the contribution of parliaments in the battle against international crime, migration and crisis migration management in the European Union and the Russian-Italian cooperation in the field of culture and tourism. Big Russian-Italian inter-parliamentary Commission was established in Accordance with the Protocol on cooperation between the state Duma and the Chamber of deputies of the Italian Parliament, signed in June 1999.

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