U.S. Vice President JD Vance is planning to visit Italy later this month, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday, highlighting the apparently warm ties between Washington and Rome, APA reports citing Reuters.
Italy is one of the few countries in Europe that has looked to accommodate President Donald Trump, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently saying she backed Vance's scathing attack on European leaders that he made in Germany in February.
Vance was due to visit from April 18-20, coinciding with the Easter holidays, but the dates were not yet fixed, the source said, confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg.
The U.S. embassy in Rome and Vance's office in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini spoke to Vance by telephone two weeks ago, saying on Instagram afterwards that the call had "reaffirmed the strong friendship and cooperation between our two countries".
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