The Italian Government has requested that United Arab Republic President Nasser postpone his scheduled visit to Italy until after the forthcoming national elections and the formation of a new government, a Foreign Office spokesman said here today. He denied a statement issued in Cairo that President Nasser would come to Italy in June.
Mean while, the chorus of protests against Nasser’s visit has swelled among the press and political leaders, many of whom fear that Nasser’s visit to Moscow will prove highly embarrassing to Italy. Republican Party Leader Randalfo Pacciardi has become the latest political personality to warn that Nasser is “the most dangerous Russian tool in the Middle East.”
In Cairo, UAR Ambassador to Rome M. Okasha conferred with President Nasser on hostile statements in Italy and its significance as far as Col. Nasser’s projected visit is concerned. The Ambassador said he reassured the President and the visit will take place.
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