Meeting with Senator Rino Serri Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy

"The meeting lasted from about 1000 to 1115 hours. I had met the Italian Vice Minister and his delegation last week on the margins of the Ouagadougou Summit. Since then he had been on a mission to both Addis Ababa and Asmara. When he learnt that I was passing through Rome on my way from Washington, Vice Minister Rino Serri had informed our mission in New York that he would welcome a meeting with me to exchange views and brief me on his mission to both Ethiopia and Eritrea." - Dr. Salim, June 17, 1998