RUSSIAN-ITALIAN AGREEMENTS.

During the initial meeting of the Russian-Italian Council for economic cooperation, convened yesterday in Rome, the two sides signed an agreement regulating the council’s future activities, another on encouraging investment, and a convention on double taxation. Established in accordance with the Russian-Italian Friendship Treaty of October 14, 1994, the council was cochaired by Russian deputy prime minister Vladimir Kadannikov and Italian foreign minister Susanne Agnelli. (Itar-Tass, April 9)

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