Ahead of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to Rome this week, Italian Consul General in Kolkata Damiano Francovigh today called on her at the state secretariat 'Nabanna'.
Banerjee will travel to Rome on September 2 to attend the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa where the late nun will be declared a saint on September 4.
After her meeting with the Italian diplomat, the chief minister said the state government had invited Italian companies to participate in the forthcoming Bengal Global Business Summit.
"Since there are a large number of companies in Italy, that country's participation in the summit here early next year would be very important," Banerjee said.
Francovigh described his meeting with Banerjee as a "courtesy call".
"Since the chief minister will be leaving for Italy shortly, we discussed that issue mainly," he said.
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