Rome – “Foreign policy has changed speed: whoever was accustomed to considering it as a slow process will have to come to terms with the new pace set by international issues”. From migrants to Libya and terrorism, in an interview to La Stampa, Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano reassures that Italy will enter 2017 as a “protagonist”, sitting on the UN Security Council, being the Chair of the G7, which will lead to the Taormina summit in May, and as a member of the OSCE Troika (which it will lead in 2018). What will Italy’s priorities be at the UN? “We must focus attention on security and the great migration flows across the Mediterranean, the place in which the destiny of the world is being played out. And we must tackle the problem at its roots: it is the conflicts in Syria and Iraq that have originated the migration of millions of refugees. And then, as a cultural superpower, we must focus on protecting cultural heritage and combating the smuggling of works of art.” (9colonne)
