Roma – “Italy and Latin America: they are not separated by the sea but united by the sea of History, Culture and Traditions and shared human events: between us is this wonderful sea that unites us!,” wrote Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the Book of Guests of Honour of the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA), which he visited to attend the first meeting of the Council of Delegates chaired by the new Secretary General, Donato Di Santo. “The IILA – said Mr Alfano – together with Spain’s Ibero-American Summit, is a uniquely valuable tool in the relations between European and Latin American Countries. This Institute stands to testify the far-sightedness with which Italy, fifty years ago, approached the specificity and the potential of its diplomatic relations with a part of the world that was geographically distant but very close in terms of shared cultural traditions and values.” (9colonne)
