Collaboration agreement between ANSA and Paraguay agency IP

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 30 - The Paraguayan news agency IP and ANSA signed a collaboration agreement Wednesday that provides for the possibility for the partners to use their respective news and information services for editorial use and to develop joint commercial offers to support the communication of institutions and companies in their respective countries.
    The agreement was signed via video link with the Italian Embassy in Asuncion.
    Present in the Paraguayan capital were the Minister for Communications of Paraguay Alejandra Duarte, the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi, currently busy with a tour of visits in Latin America, and the Italian Ambassador to Paraguay Marcello Fondi.
    In Rome, at ANSA headquarters, there were the Ambassador of Paraguay in Italy, Maria Jose Argana Mateu, and the CEO of ANSA, Stefano De Alessandri.
    "Today is a great day for Paraguay - said the Paraguayan minister Duarte - because we are fulfilling the mandate of our president Santiago Pena to expand the range of communications to the maximum of our possibilities.
    "Our relationship with Italy - she added - is historic and strategic, and aimed at improving our knowledge, exchange and prospects, strengthening our bilateral relations and enriching the public debate".
    Duarte then recalled the presence in Paraguay of a 25% population of Italian origin, "of which I am proud to be a part", and expressed the desire to strengthen the ties between the two countries.
    "I am convinced that this agreement is only the beginning of an ambitious project".
    From Asuncion, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi applauded the agreement between ANSA and IP, calling it "a further moment of sharing relations between Italy and Paraguay" and voicing the hope that it represents "the first building block of a collaboration that can last over time.
    "As you know - she observed - Latin America and Paraguay are showing ever greater dynamism on the global scene and Italy intends to be a leading interlocutor in this case too, with this signing".
    The Ambassador of Paraguay in Rome, Maria Jose Argana Mateu, underlined how, for her country, this agreement does not represent "just a strategic alliance between two institutions involved in the communications sector, but a bridge that will strengthen the ties between the two nations and expand the opportunities for the exchange of knowledge, information and culture.
    "In an increasingly globalized and connected world, access to reliable and complete information is fundamental.
    "We are convinced that it is a stage of fruitful collaboration that will benefit both countries".
    The Italian ambassador to Asuncion, Marcello Fondi, expressed satisfaction with the agreement reached, calling it "important for mutual understanding between the two countries.
    "My state of mind is even more positive - he said - being able to count on the presence of Undersecretary Tripodi and I am grateful to Minister Duarte for the great collaboration that allowed us to reach today's signing".
    Tripodi's visit to Asuncion ended with the signing of the ANSA-IP agreement, which Fondi described as "another tool for collaboration that will allow an exchange of information and mutual knowledge".
    For the CEO of ANSA, Stefano De Alessandri, "this partnership will allow us to expand the coverage of events in our two countries with the hope, indeed the certainty, of bringing them even closer.
    "We are also developing interesting technological projects and we are available to share our best practices with our partners and with the Paraguayan news agency IP". (ANSA).