ROME (ITALPRESS) – “The issue of the trade surplus did not arise with the Trump presidency, it is an issue that U.S. administrations have often raised. In 2023 between Europe and the United States, in the trade of goods, there was a surplus in favor of Europe of more than 150 billion: it is an important figure and I understand the point of view of the United States, it is the same question that we pose with regard to China,” but “these are complementary and interconnected economies, a clash does not suit anyone.” This was said by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a press point at the end of her official visit to Saudi Arabia. “Dialogue and a balanced and balanced solution are the way to deal with” the issue, “I will do everything I can” to “find solutions together with the U.S. administration,” added Meloni, who on the visit to Saudi Arabia stressed, “There is a focus of the Italian government, which has been going on for more than two years now, particularly focused on the enlarged Mediterranean” where “the Gulf nations assume a strategic centrality. Saudi Arabia is a major player, so this visit was very important. These are not simply courtesy visits: they are occasions that allow us to work for concrete results for Italy. Specifically, the choice here in Saudi Arabia was to raise the level of our collaboration to the strategic partnership. “The opposition holds anything against me, but there is no contradiction between what I was saying yesterday and what I am doing today: Italy and Saudi Arabia are two nations that have an interest in entering into strategic agreements,” the premier added. The question of who should favor proselytizing activities in Europe” is different “and on this I have not changed my mind, but I don’t think there is any of this in the work we have done in these days. “Responding to a question on Gaza, Meloni said that “President Trump says something very right when he says that reconstruction is one of the main challenges we face, and that, however, to succeed, we need a great involvement of the international community. As far as the refugee issue is concerned, I don’t think we are faced with a defined plan, we are rather faced with interlocutions with regional actors who certainly need to be involved on this. These are certainly very complex matters, but the fact that it is being discussed, albeit at an interlocutory level, with the actors in the region in my opinion means that they want to work seriously on the issue of the reconstruction of Gaza.”
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