by Stefano Vaccara
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE (CANADA) (ITALPRESS) – The G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Canada opened in a political climate. The agenda is dense: Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan, and the new economic tensions related to commodity control.
Italy, represented by foreign minister Antonio Tajani, presented itself with a double mission: confirm support for peace in Ukraine and play a leading role in the reconstruction of Gaza and humanitarian response in Sudan. “We must ensure that the truce is consolidated in Gaza and that all aid and food to the population arrive,” said Tajani, recalling that the Italian special envoy has already made a series of visits “in Jordan, Ramallah, Israel, Egypt and soon in the United States to ensure that Italy is the protagonist of the reconstruction phase, of the phase that must be that of peace”.
Speaking of the conflict in Sudan, Tajani announced a substantial aid plan: “We hope to arrive at a ceasefire between the two sides. Italy is organizing substantial aid: a plane and a ship with materials for children will arrive in Port Sudan before Christmas”.
The minister stressed the need to involve “even interlocutors who are not present here, like the Gulf countries”, to build a shared political response. On the war in Ukraine, Tajani reiterated that “it is necessary to continue to work so that one can arrive at a ceasefire by forcing Putin to more mild councils”, recalling the support of Italy to the American initiative and “the full economic, political and military commitment” in favor of Kyiv.
In addition to the war dossiers, industrial policy and the growing world dependence on raw materials is also discussed in the G7. “We cannot accept that China dictates the price of raw materials: it goes of our competitiveness,” said the minister, “working together to identify new realities to be supplied, such as Africa, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.”.
The meeting also included the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Canadian Minister Anita Anand, and representatives of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan, as well as invited countries such as Brazil, Saudi Arabia, India, South Korea and South Africa.
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