Italy's Ambassador to India Vincenzo De Luca on Thursday said the two countries will soon sign a bilateral pact in the defence sector to ramp up their military ties and maintained Rome was working hard to contribute to the Make in India programme, reported news agency PTI.

In a move to enhance navy-to-navy cooperation between the two countries, Italian Navy's warship ITS Morosini is on a port visit to Mumbai from August 10-13. Italian Navy officials will also meet the top brass of the Mumbai-headquartered Western Naval Command during this period.