Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting this morning (English captions available): "Italy has experienced an earthquake that could be very severe. I would like to tell my friend, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, that Israel is ready and willing to send assistance to the best of our ability. We take care to maintain high readiness for disasters such as occurred at the structure in Tel Aviv and this also serves us in cases of earthquakes. We do not know what the effects of these earthquakes will be, but the State of Israel is prepared and we are ready to help our Italian friends. We also appreciate the strong and clear statement we heard from Italy on many issues that are important to us. The State of Israel welcomes the President of Italy who arrived here yesterday. In two weeks, President Reuven Rivlin will leave on a visit to India. This is in continuation of the President of India's visit here. In the
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