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Chinese leader Xi Jinping gives moon dust to visiting Italian President Sergio Mattarella

The lunar samples, collected by the Chang’e-5 probe, follow similar gifts to the French and Russian presidents

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Chinese President Xi Jinping presented his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella with samples collected from the moon. Photo: CGTN

Chinese President Xi Jinping has given his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella a collection of soil taken from the moon by the Chang’e-5 lunar probe.

The gifts included 1 gram of samples scooped and drilled from the moon for research purposes and another 0.3 micrograms of soil held inside an ornament, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

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