Africa at centre of Italy's international agenda - Tajani

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 29 - The government of Premier Giorgia Meloni intends to put Africa at the centre of its international agenda and growth diplomacy, Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani said on Monday.
    "Africa is a priority of Italian foreign policy and of our economic diplomacy, which I call growth because it serves us and you," Tajani told the 25 African leaders and representatives of the European Union institutions present at the Italy-Africa summit at the Senate in Rome.
    "We want to bring the African continent as a protagonist to the centre of our international agenda," he continued, adding that "this summit intends to strengthen a dialogue between equals, in order to look together at the challenges of today and tomorrow".
    "We live in a context of three wars, in which even the situation in the Red Sea has strategic and economic repercussions on African countries as well as for us," said Tajani.
    For this reason, he said the summit has "a strong strategic value", reiterating that the Italian G7 "intends to be a factor of stability and partnership with Africa". (ANSA).