OREANDA-NEWS. January 03, 2011. The Prime Minister thanked the President of Russia for his congratulatory message. In turn, Silvio Berlusconi sincerely wished President Medvedev a Happy New Year.

Dmitry Medvedev and Silvio Berlusconi expressed their shared intention to continue effective efforts to develop mutually beneficial multilateral Russian-Italian cooperation on the basis of the past year’s significant achievements.

The conversation was initiated by the Italian side.