The President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, arrived this evening at the Ciampino military base in the suburb of Rome on a visit to the Italian capital, during which he will meet with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni. President Aoun was received by the Head of Diplomatic Protocol at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Bruno Pasquino, the Head of Protocol at the Vatican State, Monsignor Javier Fernandez Gonzalez, the Lebanese Ambassador to Rome, Carla Jazzar, the Lebanese Ambassador to the Holy See, Fadi Assaf, and members of the embassies to Rome and the Vatican. Pope Leo