NNA - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flies to Italy Sunday, where he will have his first audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The meeting will take place on Monday.


Five ministers will accompany the prime minister to Italy: Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, Home Front Defense Minister and Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom, Education Minister Shai Piron and Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat.


Together with Netanyahu they will hold an annual government- to-government meeting with their Italian counterparts.



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