(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 13 - President Sergio Mattarella said on
Friday that global crises have increased over the past year,
with a reported 56 ongoing conflicts amid a generalized
deterioration of security conditions, receiving the diplomatic
corps accredited to Italy at the Quirinale palace.
"Despite hopes for more cooperation and solidarity", Mattarella
said the year coming to an end has recorded an increasing number
of crises on a global scale.
"Recent reports have registered as many as 56 ongoing conflicts
- the highest number since World War Two - in a generalized
context of deterioration of security conditions", said the
president.
Mattarella went on to say that "Italy's support for Kyiv, firm
and determined, has the objective of a just peace, based on the
principles and values of the Charter of the United Nations - an
objective in the background of Italy's commitment to host in
Rome, during the month of July next year, the third edition of
the International Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine".
(ANSA).
56 ongoing wars, deteriorated security says Mattarella (2)
Italy's support for Kyiv remains firm, determined