Italy to help SA in 2010
2007-07-10 16:48
Pretoria - Italy will, if requested, be ready to help South Africa with safety and security issues during the 2010 World Cup, deputy prime minister of Italy Massimo D'Alema said on Tuesday.
"We have no request yet but we are ready to co-operate for security during the 2010 World Cup," he said.
He was responding to a question on whether Safety and Security minister Charles Nqakula had approached Italy for help in training SA police in preparation for the upcoming world cup.
D'Alema was hosted by Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in Pretoria where bilateral political and economic discussions between the two took place.
Dlamini-Zuma said Italy would help with its "expertise" when the time came for the country to host the soccer spectacle.
- SAPA