Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed "satisfaction" at the
agreement reached in Brussels earlier this week on crisis
management within the context of negotiations on the EU's new
Pact on migration and asylum during their bilateral on the
sidelines of the informal European Council meeting in Granada,
Spain, the premier's office at Palazzo Chigi said on Friday.
The leaders reportedly "discussed the main European issues at
the heart of the Council, with a particular focus on the
migration issue, expressing satisfaction at the agreement
reached in Brussels on the regulation of crises".
Palazzo Chigi added that Meloni and Scholz, noting the excellent
level of cooperation between Rome and Berlin, agreed to meet at
the Italian-German intergovernmental summit in Germany at the
end of November.
The bilateral lasted around 45 minutes.
The meeting came after a spat between Rome and Berlin over
Germany's decision to fund NGOs that carry out search-and-rescue
operations in the central Mediterranean and disembark rescued
the migrants and refugees in Italy.
There had also been differences between the two States over the
key crisis management section of the new EU pact on migration
and asylum, but agreement was reached on this on Wednesday after
Germany dropped an amendment.
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