(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 21 - ANSA and Lithuanian news agency ELTA have signed a cooperation agreement offering partners the possibility of utilising their respective news services for editorial use and of developing joint commercial offers in support of the communication of institutions and companies in their respective countries.
    The agreement was signed during a virtual meeting by the Editor-in-chief of ELTA Vytautas Bruveris, at the presence of Italy's Ambassador to Vilnius Emanuele de Maigret, at the embassy, and by ANSA's Chief Executive Stefano De Alessandri.
    Ambassador Emanuele de Maigret said "the agreement between the ANSA and ELTA agencies constitutes an effective tool of cooperation through which the reciprocal knowledge between Italy and Lithuania can be strengthened, in light of the main events in the two countries and of international events.
    "It is an excellent example of the type of concrete collaborations which the Italian embassy in Vilnius intends to favour", he noted.
    The Editor-in-chief of ELTA Vytautas Bruveris framed the agreement as part of an international strategy: "ELTA is working every day to further expand its network of partners in Europe, and we are delighted to have found an opportunity to cooperate with the Italian news agency ANSA. Having a partner in Southern Europe is a great achievement for us and we know that this friendship will bring even more diverse content to subscribers on both sides".
    ANSA's Chief Executive Stefano De Alessandri expressed satisfaction for the new international agreement: "the new agreement can constitute an opportunity to stipulate commercial agreements able to promote the visibility in Lithuania of Italian companies and vice versa, as well as supporting the technological development of the two agencies through the exchange of the respective best practices". (ANSA).