(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 22 - French President Emmanuel Macron on
Monday said he likes his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella
"very much" and they share an inspiring friendship.
"Yes sure, Mattarella will come, I like him very much, our two
systems are different but there is a friendship that inspires me
a lot", Macron told a reporter who had asked him whether he will
be meeting the Italian president during the ceremony to
inaugurate the Summer Olympics in Paris on July 26. (ANSA).
++ Esteem for Mattarella, inspiring friendship - Macron ++
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