ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Japanese counterparty Fumio Kishida agreed at a meeting on Tuesday to strengthen ties in a range of spheres including the economy, trade and security, the leaders said.
“We have agreed to elevate our relations to the level of a strategic partnership,” Meloni told reporters in a brief statement after the meeting in Rome.
Among the areas of heightened cooperation Kishida cited diplomacy, investment, railways and cinema.
(Reporting by Gavin Jones, editing by Federico Maccioni)
