ROME (IRNA) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki is to pay a visit to Italy very soon, the Italian News Agency (ANSA) announced on Monday.

Quoting an informed source at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the news agency said Mottaki's visit will take place in the next few days.

Meanwhile, Italian dailies on Monday also announced that the Iranian foreign minister was due to arrive in the Italian capital Rome in the near future.

In an interview with La Repubblica, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Ugo Intini referred to the Islamic Republic of Iran as a "powerful" country in the Persian Gulf region.

According to reports, during his visit to Rome, which is expected to last only for a few hours, Mottaki is to meet and confer with his Italian counterpart, Massimo D'Alema.

Tehran-Rome cooperation and the European proposed package of incentives will top the agenda of talks to be held between the two foreign ministers.