Italy hopes to mend U.S. ties after CIA indictments By Stephen Brown and Phil Stewart

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Italy hopes to mend U.S. ties after CIA indictments By Stephen Brown and Phil Stewart
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy hopes to mend strained U.S. relations over indictments against CIA agents for kidnapping and a U.S. soldier for murder, Italy's foreign minister said, before meeting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday.


But Massimo D'Alema said Washington had more responsibility than Rome in overcoming the "turbulence" in bilateral relations and intelligence cooperation.

"These are two episodes that have created some turbulence in our relations and we want to work to overcome this turbulence," D'Alema told Reuters in an interview hours before he was due to fly to Washington for a dinner meeting with Rice.

D'Alema said he would raise the issue with Rice and, asked what Italy could do to resolve the situation, said: "In truth, there would be several things that the United States should do, more than Italy." He did not elaborate.

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