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ROME, Sept 19 (Reuters) – UniCredit (CRDI.MI) was able to buy 4.5% of Commerzbank (CBKG.DE) from the German state because the government trusts the Italian bank, its CEO said in a newspaper interview, ruling out any “aggressive” moves such as an unsolicited buyout bid. UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel told Italian daily Il Messaggero his bank had been speaking with the German government for a while. “This summer I’ve been back and forth between the seaside resort where my family was on holiday and Germany,” he said. “The German government has…