Foreign Minister Aldo Moro and Senator Pietro Nenni are scheduled to make separate visits to Israel within the next few weeks. Moro’s four-day visit early next month is in response to an invitation extended to him by Israel’s Foreign Minister Abba Eban when he was in Italy last year. Nenni, founder and until recently leader of the Socialist Party, will be in Israel for a short tour. According to sources in the Foreign Ministry, Moro’s visit will involve discussions with Israeli officials about the Middle East and talks on problems relating to the European Common Market. Foreign Ministry circles stressed that Italy “has a vital interest in the equilibrium in the Mediterranean.” Moro will be the third Foreign Minister from a Common Market country to visit Israel recently, following those of Luxemburg and the Netherlands. Those of Belgium and West Germany are expected subsequently. Only the French Foreign Minister has avoided visiting Israel. Nenni, a Senator for life, has long been a friend of Israel, and has often expressed solidarity with the “second democratic Mediterranean country.”
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