ANSA signs partnership deal with India's PTI news agency

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 28 - Italy's premier news agency ANSA on Thursday signed a partnership accord with India's PTI news agency.
    The deal envisages the exchange of content and the possibility of developing joint commercial ventures in support of the communications of institutions and businesses in their respective countries.
    Italy's ambassador in India, Vincenzo De Luca, said "the ANSA-PTI accord comes, 75 years after the start of diplomatic relations between Italy and India, at a moment of extraordinary development of relations between the two countries at a political, economic and cultural level.
    "The partnership between the two agencies will favour a greater exchange of information and knowledge between Italy and India." PTI CEO Vijay Joshi voiced the hope that the partnership would extend to photos and videos while ANSA Managing Director Stefano De Alessandri said it would "enable us to better know what happens in India and vice versa".
    He added: "ANSA and PTI have a lot in common. I consider this accord only a starting point for soon broadening our collaboration also in the commercial sphere". (ANSA).