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He will return to Europe a few days later, for a meeting of the leaders of the Group of 7 nations in Apulia, Italy.

Most recently, the bugs have been found to spread the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, a pathogen that has decimated olive groves in the Apulia region of Italy.

Armani said cotton planting started last month over one hectare of land - to be expanded to five hectares - in the southern region of Apulia.

The president of Apulia, who was attending a rally in Rome to ask for peace in Ukraine, said in a post on Facebook that he had left the event to go to Foggia.

Intel and the government had also initially considered sites in the Lombardy, Apulia and Sicily regions.