Ambassadors to Italy from Russia and
Belarus will not attend a ceremony at the presidential Quirinale
Palace Wednesday evening ahead of Thursday's Republic Day,
official sources said Wednesday afternoon.
The decision follows the recent EU decision not to invite
representatives of the two countries to this kind of event after
Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The event will see a brief statement from President Sergio
Mattarella followed by a concert by Venice's Fenice opera house
orchestra, conducted by Myung Whun Chung.
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