Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she was ready to work with Donald Trump after making a surprise visit to Florida to meet the president-elect before his inauguration on Jan. 20, APA reports citing Reuters.
Meloni, who has led a right-wing coalition in Italy since Oct. 2022, met Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence late on Saturday in a trip that had not been announced in advance.
"Lovely evening with Donald Trump who I thank for the welcome," Meloni posted on social media, with a picture of her and Trump.
Ready to work together," she added on X, alongside the Italian and U.S. flags.
No details of the talks were released, but Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said they covered issues including the plight of Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist detained last month in Iran.
"Well done Giorgia Meloni for visiting Donald Trump to talk about peace, industrial and commercial cooperation, security, and the freeing of Cecilia Sala," Salvini posted on X.
Meloni was greeted with applause after an introduction by the president-elect, according to videos shared on social media by reporters and others.
"This is very exciting. I'm here with a fantastic woman, the prime minister of Italy," Trump told the Mar-a-Lago crowd, according to a media pool report. "She's really taken Europe by storm."
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