1. After their talks on air services in Rome, Italy, on March 23 and 24, the Republic of Korea and Italy agreed on the text of the agreement for air services, which contains details on aviation safety and revised provisions on airfare, and initialed it. They also agreed to increase the number of flights between the two countries by their airlines and to broaden the scope of their code-sharing arrangements.

2. Italy is the world’s second most popular tourist destination and the ROK’s third-largest trading partner among the EU member countries after Germany and the UK.

3. The ROK-Italy agreement in their talks on air services to increase the number of direct flights and broaden the scope of the code-sharing arrangements between the two countries is expected to not only play a role in consolidating bilateral cooperation in the aviation sector but also contribute further to efforts to promote people-to-people and material exchanges between the two countries.


* unofficial translation