No tourists are required
Italy will not require any certificates to enter the country.
The Italian authorities are not going to demand from tourists a certificate of vaccination against coronavirus. This was stated by the Italian ambassador in Moscow during an online briefing on the eve of Republic Day, which is celebrated on June 2.
"At the moment, there are no restrictions on entry into Italy, some special certificates are not required," the diplomat said. According to him, the procedure for issuing visas will not change due to a pandemic, but travelers need to be prepared for the precautions that they will have to face when entering the country. “We will try to facilitate the process of issuing and issuing visas to the maximum extent; we are ready to resume this work at any time,” the ambassador added.
The ambassador also noted that Italy will open its borders to tourists from June 15. “I hope that from June 15, the Russian leadership will also allow entry into the country. Because not a single Russian tourist will go to Italy if he then has to face difficulties to return home,” the ambassador said.
According to the diplomat, as a result of the pandemic, Europe must learn to "make decisions faster", instantly respond to global challenges that could potentially have such a devastating effect as a pandemic. "It is impossible to defend alone, it is impossible, having closed within its borders, to find an answer and come to victory over a big challenge. The answer should be worldwide cooperation through multilateral organizations and platforms," he stressed.
In this regard, he recalled the cooperation that has developed between the military doctors of Russia and Italy from the first days of the emergency and which will continue in the future.
As for the Russian-Italian cultural events, the ambassador expressed the hope that their holding would resume before the end of the year, although most still have to be moved to the next. “This applies both to our projects with the Pushkin Museum and the State Hermitage, with all our traditional partners. This also applies to the large cultural undertakings that were planned in the context of Innoprom in Yekaterinburg in July. Therefore, all the cultural events that we planned , including an exhibition of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, will be held next year, "said the ambassador.
Source: Russian newspaper
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