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The Amerigo Vespucci awaits Meloni in Jeddah

33rd stage of Italian Navy training ship's world tour

The Amerigo Vespucci awaits Meloni in Jeddah

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(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 24 - Premier Giorgia Meloni will visit the Amerigo Vespucci on Saturday, January 25, in Jeddah after the Italian Navy's training ship arrived in the beautiful Saudi Arabian port on Friday.
    It will be the premier's first visit to the tall ship, which departed from Genoa on July 1, 2023, for a two-year world tour taking in five continents, 30 counties and 35 ports before its return to the Mediterranean.
    With the stage in Jeddah, the 33rd of the world tour, the Vespucci has travelled more than 43,000 nautical miles, over twice the length of the equator.
    The ship crossed the Bāb el-Mandeb Strait accompanied by the frigate Alpino and the destroyer Caio Duilio to reach Jeddah.
    The opening ceremony of Villaggio Italia, the touring exposition of Italian excellence that is set for its eighth and final stage before the Vespucci returns to the Mediterranean, takes place on Monday.
    Defence Minister Guido Crosetto will take part in the event.
    On the same day, Crosetto will present the Vespucci's Mediterranean tour together with Luca Andreoli, the CEO of the ministry's Difesa Servizi agency.
    It will be possible to find out what's in store for the "most beautiful ship in the world" in view of its return to Italy exclusively via ansa.it. (ANSA).
   

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