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- 0:06Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Manu Anto Itellan diplomatic activity abroad.
- 0:09Speaker 1: On July seventh and eighth, the NATO Summit was held
- 0:13Speaker 1: in Ankara, Turkey. Speaking at a conclusion of the meeting,
- 0:16Speaker 1: Prime Minister Georgia Meloney reaffirmed Italy's position and increasing defense spending,
- 0:21Speaker 1: stating that Italy will honor the Alliance commitments. Addressing relations
- 0:26Speaker 1: with Donald Trump, which have been strained by the latest
- 0:29Speaker 1: attack from the US President against Italy, Meloney defended the
- 0:33Speaker 1: government's strategy, saying it is based on the unity of
- 0:37Speaker 1: the West rather than on personal relationships, based not on
- 0:40Speaker 1: a confronto multos. A very positive meeting now a standing start,
- 0:45Speaker 1: but overall it was a positive, constructive climate of unity.
- 0:49Speaker 1: As for the American troops, they used the moment, we
- 0:52Speaker 1: were not informed of any formal disengagement after which, as
- 0:56Speaker 1: you know, NATO talks about bardon shifting. That is brutally
- 1:00Speaker 1: about how the European allies, that is, the European columns
- 1:03Speaker 1: of NATO must take on greatest responsibility within European territory
- 1:08Speaker 1: to allow the American columny to deploy in other quaterrants
- 1:11Speaker 1: which are today considered priorities Prime Minister Maloney, who was
- 1:16Speaker 1: joined at the meeting of NATO heads a State and
- 1:18Speaker 1: Government by Foreign Minister Antonio Tayani and Defense Minister Guido
- 1:22Speaker 1: Crosetto four. Minister Tayani took part in the NATO Foreign
- 1:25Speaker 1: Minister's meeting, and together with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslavsikowski, convened
- 1:30Speaker 1: the meeting of the Foreign Minister of the E five
- 1:33Speaker 1: countries France, Germany, Italy, Poland and United Kingdom, along with
- 1:37Speaker 1: representative from Turkey and European Union on support for Ukraine.
- 1:41Speaker 1: Taianistrust that a coordinated Eur Atlantic approach remains essential to
- 1:46Speaker 1: advancing proposals that could foster direct dialogue between Ukraine and
- 1:50Speaker 1: Russia while ensuring the active involvement of both the United
- 1:55Speaker 1: States and Europe. Tiani also briefed his NATO counterparts on
- 1:59Speaker 1: the Italian security operation, through which Italian Intelligent Services and
- 2:03Speaker 1: the Carabbine Area identified several Russians agents operating in Italy.
- 2:07Speaker 1: Following the Foreign Minister's instruction, the next day, Secretary General
- 2:11Speaker 1: of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador ric Carlo Guarilia,
- 2:15Speaker 1: summoned the Russian ambassador to Italy Alexei Paramanov to convey
- 2:19Speaker 1: the Italian government's strongly protests over the illegal activities carried
- 2:24Speaker 1: out by two members of the Russian embassy enjoying diplomatic status.
- 2:28Speaker 1: He also informed the ambassadors of Italy's decision to expel
- 2:31Speaker 1: the two officials from Italian territory. Also on the sidelines
- 2:35Speaker 1: of the Uncarneda Summit, Teian attended the meeting of native
- 2:39Speaker 1: foreign ministers with the barner countries of the Instanbul Cooperation
- 2:43Speaker 1: Initiative barying Qaightkatar and the United Arab Eirmirates, a Median
- 2:48Speaker 1: strongly advocated by Italy. Discussions focused on developments in the
- 2:52Speaker 1: Gulf region, the regional security environment, and opportunities to strengthen
- 2:57Speaker 1: partnership between NATO and countries in the area. Forty. Minister
- 3:01Speaker 1: also highlighted Italy's continued support for Lebanon and the upcoming
- 3:05Speaker 1: US mediated negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, which Rome will
- 3:09Speaker 1: host on July fifteen and sixteen to any thanks to
- 3:12Speaker 1: Golf countries for their contribution to the ongoing mediation efforts.
- 3:17Speaker 1: On July six, Foreign Minister and Trinita Yani met with
- 3:20Speaker 1: the Secretary General on the Golf Cooperation Council GCC, Yasim
- 3:24Speaker 1: Al bu Dawi, to exchange views on the main regional
- 3:27Speaker 1: crisis and on strengthening cooperation between Italy and the GCC
- 3:31Speaker 1: member states. During the meeting, the two sides signed a
- 3:35Speaker 1: memorandum of understanding establishing a structure mechanism of political consultations.
- 3:41Speaker 1: Key areas of cooperation include maritime security, counter terrorism, the
- 3:46Speaker 1: protection of critical infrastructure, energy security connectivity, and the development
- 3:51Speaker 1: of strategic corridors, including the India, Middle East Europe Economic
- 3:55Speaker 1: Corridor IMEC. THEWT four Minister at Mondocidalist spoke at the
- 3:59Speaker 1: panel Science between Diplomacy and Regional Development Southern Italy as
- 4:03Speaker 1: a Urromediterranean Hub held on July six at the spark
- 4:08Speaker 1: Me Academy in Materra, where Italy National Institute for Astrophysic
- 4:12Speaker 1: INAF organized an interactive program dedicated to space observation. Space
- 4:18Speaker 1: and science diplomacy are playing an increasingly important role in
- 4:21Speaker 1: Italy's international outreach and in promoting its region abroad. She
- 4:26Speaker 1: really said. The government is working side by side with
- 4:29Speaker 1: the local authorities, businesses and the research community to support
- 4:33Speaker 1: the internationalization of Italy's area space sector. He concluded. Italian
- 4:38Speaker 1: writer Michelimary won the twenty twenty six Strega Prize, awarded
- 4:43Speaker 1: on July eighth during the final ceremony held for the
- 4:46Speaker 1: first time at Rome City Hall on Captain Lione Hill.
- 4:49Speaker 1: The Strega Prize is Italy's most prestigious literary award. For
- 4:53Speaker 1: many years, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its network
- 4:56Speaker 1: of Italian cultural Institutes, has supported the prize international dimension.
- 5:01Speaker 1: Of the eight hundred members of the jury, two hundred
- 5:04Speaker 1: forty five, nearly one third of the total, are selected
- 5:07Speaker 1: through the network of Italian cultural institutes abroad according to
- 5:11Speaker 1: criteria ensuring both geographical representation and rotation. Many of these
- 5:16Speaker 1: jurors are prominent figures from the international publishing world, helping
- 5:21Speaker 1: to promote it a literature worldwide and the Soverna. Thanks
- 5:24Speaker 1: for your attention and stay tuned.