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".
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