Italy's Draghi will meet Germany's Scholz in coming days - statement

FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz attend a Euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will meet the new German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in the coming days, a government statement said following a phone conversation between the two leaders.

"Prime Minister Draghi congratulated Chancellor Scholz for the start of his mandate," the statement said.

(Reporting by Angelo Amante; Editing by Crispian Balmer)