Erdogan, Berlusconi to meet at Turkish-Italian govt summit

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will chair a meeting between top officials of the two countries this week, the Italian Embassy in Ankara announced yesterday. The intergovernmental summit, the first of its kind, will take place in Izmir tomorrow. Among those set to attend from Italy are Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa, Transportation Minister Altero Matteoli and Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola.