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Article: ISRAEL: FOREIGN MINISTER SILVAN SHALOM MEETS WITH ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER.(Silvio Berlusconi )
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
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- July 13, 2003
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(Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesman). In his meeting today with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told Foreign Minister Shalom that in his meetings with the 25 ambassadors representing the countries of the European Union, he discussed his vision that Israel would join the European Union. Despite the fact that Israel is located geographically on the other side of the Mediterranean, culturally and economically Israel is a Western European and democratic country. The Italian Prime Minister further added that not one of the ambassadors at the meeting was opposed to this idea. In addition, ...