POLITICS_ Vance Meets With Italy’s Meloni in Trip to Rome, Vatican

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Vance Meets With Italy’s Meloni in Trip to Rome, Vatican

The practicing Catholic also participated in a Good Friday service at St. Peter’s Basilica.

Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni welcomes U.S. Vice President JD Vance at Palazzo Chigi prior their meeting in Rome on April 18, 2025. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

By T.J. Muscaro
4/19/2025 Updated: 4/19/2025


Vice President JD Vance continued bilateral discussions with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on April 18 in Rome, kicking off a diplomatic trip to both Italy and Vatican City that will run through Easter Sunday.

“We have a couple of important issues to discuss today,” Vance said before their meeting. ”I want to update the prime minister on some of the negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and also some of the things that have happened even in the past 24 hours. We think we have some interesting things to report on, of course, in private.”

Economics and trade were also scheduled discussion points, continuing from Meloni’s visit to the White House on April 17, as leaders work to ensure fair and reciprocal trade deals with both Italy and the entire European Union. The meetings included Deputy Prime Ministers of Italy, Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani.

“We think Italy can be a reliable and serious partner in Europe, in the Mediterranean, in the Mediterranean area, and so we are proud to have this special relationship with us and with this administration,” Meloni said on April 18.

However, Vance is also using his trip to highlight the cultural and religious ties between the United States and Italy. The practicing Catholic attended a Good Friday service at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City with his wife and three children.

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