(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 15 - Italian President Sergio Mattarella landed in Brasilia overnight to start a State visit to Brazil that is set to last until Friday.
    He is scheduled to meet his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday.
    During the visit he will also travel to the areas hit by May's floods in Porto Alegri, as well as going to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador de Bahia.
    It is the first visit by an Italian head of State to Brazil in 24 years. (ANSA).