Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, stunning view from the sea over the Arabian Gulf. In this scenario, on a hot afternoon in the United Arab Emirates, Giorgia Meloni introduces herself to reporters to summarize her double trip to India and the United Arab Emirates and does not hide her irritation with the press reconstructions (which she defines as “surreal”) about the government action on the Cutro shipwreck, in which more than 60 migrants lost their lives, including children. “Your ‘mute prime minister’ came to answer your questions…” begins the prime minister, who responds in a controversial tone to those who recently accused her of not having put her face to the tragedy in Calabria. “I wonder – said the prime minister – if there really is anyone in this nation who in their right mind believes that the government deliberately killed more than 60 people, including children. I ask you, looking into your eyes, if any of you think that the Italian government managed to save 60 people including a child of about 3 years old and did not do it. Let’s try to be serious.”
Meloni defends Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi (“the opposition’s requests for resignation are no longer news”) and denies that his executive was responsible for the lack of assistance: “Our authorities have not received any emergency communication from Frontex. We were not advised that this vessel was in danger of sinking. The route is not covered by non-governmental organizations and therefore the government’s provisions on NGOs have nothing to do with this matter», insists the tenant of Palazzo Chigi, who announces her intention to celebrate the next Council of Ministers soon in Cutro to give a concrete signal on the issue of migrants.
Furthermore, the regulation of flows and the end of human trafficking was one of the topics discussed during the bilateral meeting with the president of the Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Meeting which Meloni considers herself satisfied “beyond expectations”. Two, reports Adnkronos, the agreements signed: a declaration of intentions that raises relations between the two countries to the level of ‘strategic partnership’, and another on reinforced cooperation in the context of Cop28. Italy also brings home a cooperation agreement between Eni and Adnoc, the Abu Dhabi oil giant, which will cover several areas of the energy transition: the agreement was signed by Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi and Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technologies.
Source: IL Tempo
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