President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy at the White House, April 17, 2015 (Photo by Palazzo Chigi)

Photos: President Obama and Prime Minister Renzi share a strong friendship

Tomorrow the state visit at the White House.

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On October 18, President Barack Obama will host Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at The White House for a state visit and dinner, the last of his Administration. Obama last hosted Renzi in Washington in April 2015.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy at the White House, April 17, 2015 (Photos by Palazzo Chigi)

President Barack Obama greets Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy prior to a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, April 17, 2015 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Back in March 2014, Obama travelled to Rome, Italy, to meet with Prime Minister Renzi.

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Barack Obama in Rome, March 27, 2014 (Photo by Palazzo Chigi)

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Barack Obama in Rome, March 27, 2014 (Photos by Palazzo Chigi)

The two leaders, whose meeting on October 18 has been celebrated in the US capital with a sea of Italian flags, have met several times during the eight years of the Obama’s Admnistartion.

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 23, 2014 (Photo by Palazzo Chigi)

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Barack Obama at the G7 Summit in Germany, June 8, 2015 (Photos by Palazzo Chigi)

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Barack Obama at the G20 Summit in Turkey, November 16, 2015 (Photo by Palazzo Chigi)

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC, March 31, 2016 (Photo by Palazzo Chigi)

President Barack Obama talks with European leaders, from left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at Schloss Herrenhausen in Germany, April 24, 2016 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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