(ANSA) - ROME, 03 DEC - "Italy has incessantly encouraged solidarity and international cooperation in the fight against the pandemic. Closing the vaccine gap with the most vulnerable countries is an imperative to reach 40% of the world population immunized by the end of 2021 and 70 % by mid-2022, as established by the Rome Declaration of the G20 ", but the commitments made are" still insufficient "and" require a further commitment from the entire international community ".
This was stated by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in the opening speech of the 7th edition of the Med Dialogues Conference in Rome.
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