Meloni hails ‘excellent’ Italy-Greece relations, announces February conference

[Reuters]

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni connected Thursday hailed Italy’s “excellent” relations with Greece, emphasizing their shared geostrategic individuality and adjacent practice connected cardinal issues such arsenic security, migration and clime challenges.

“Our two countries stock a communal geostrategic identity,” Meloni said during her yearly property conference, highlighting her strong working narration with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. “We collaborate connected galore issues with a shared approach, including security, defense, migration – which affects fewer European countries arsenic profoundly arsenic ours – and biology efforts to code utmost clime events.”

Meloni pointed to the increasing power of southern European nations, referencing the caller North-South Summit. “Countries erstwhile seen arsenic ‘not precisely serious’ are present united successful addressing large European information concerns,” she said.

Looking ahead, Meloni announced an Italy-Greece intergovernmental league successful Rome this February, during which caller agreements and a associated declaration will beryllium signed. “Our extremity is to formalize the breadth of our practice with agreements connected peculiarly important issues,” she said.

Meloni besides highlighted their collaboration within the European Council and forums such arsenic the MED9 and MED5. “Prime Minister Mitsotakis and I sit astatine the aforesaid table, playing starring roles successful shaping the region’s future,” she added.