Italian president to conclude crisis talks tomorrow

ROME, Feb 22 (Reuters) President Giorgio Napolitano will conclude crisis talks with Italian politicians tomorrow evening over the future of the government of Romano Prodi, who has quit as prime minister after losing a Senate vote yesterday.

Napolitano's office said today he would meet the heads of political parties, as well as parliamentary group leaders and former presidents, ''due to the complexity'' of the crisis. The series of consultations would end with talks with Napolitano's precedessor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on Friday at 1840 GMT.

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