Italy's new envoy to Austria, Sergio Barbanti took up his post on Monday, the foreign ministry said in a tweet.
"We wish Sergio Barbanti - who is from today Italy's new ambassador to Austria - well in his work," read the tweet from the ministry' @ItalyMFA handle.
Barbanti, 60, was formerly Italy's ambassador to Montenegro and has served in Italy's diplomatic missions in Zimbabwe, the US and Spain.
