Spain-Italy ties extraordinary Mattarella tells royals

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 11 - Relations between Italy and Spain are extraordinary, President Sergio Mattarella told visiting Spanish royals on Wednesday.
    "Your visit to Italy is of great importance also for the historical moment that the European Union and the international community are going through, but the solidity covers all aspects of the extraordinary relations that exist between Spain and Italy", he told King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.
    Felipe told Mattarella it would be a "very great honour" to address the Italian parliament.
    Marking the royals' state visit, Madrid conferred on Mattarella and Premier Giorgia Meloni the Order of Catholic Isabella.
    (ANSA).