Italian speaker visits country’s UNIFIL troops

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Italian speaker visits country’s UNIFIL troops

December 29, 2012 01:07 AM

The Daily Star

FILE - Italian Deputy Defense Minister Filippo Meloni visits his country's contingent with UNIFIL in south Lebanon on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. (The Daily Star/HO)

BEIRUT: The speaker of Italy’s parliament paid a visit to his country’s UNIFIL contingent Friday to offer holiday wishes to the peacekeeping troops. Gianfranco Fini received a briefing at UNIFIL Sector West headquarters in the village of Shamaa before having lunch with Italian peacekeepers, to whom he expressed his best wishes for Christmas and New Year.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on December 29, 2012, on page 3.

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