By KUNA,
London : British Prime Minister David Cameron was visiting Rome Wednesday for talks with Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi, Downing Street confirmed.
The prime ministers are to have a “working dinner” in the capital later on Wednesday.
However, there are fears that an expected press conference afterwards could be dominated by questions about Berlusconi’s private life, commentators here said. Berlusconi is also facing pressure politically after a split with the co-founder of his People of Freedom (PDL) party, which is threatening to undermine his parliamentary majority.
Downing Street has indicated that the discussions between the premiers will focus on their countries’ commercial links, as well as co-operation in Afghanistan, where Italy has around 3,300 troops. Cameron and Berlusconi had a one-on-one meeting at last June’s G8/G20 summit in Canada and also talked at the European summit meeting in Brussels the same month.