Afghanistan: Di Maio, Italy among the first to activate airlift

(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 23 - In Afghanistan, last summer, "Italy was among the first countries to activate an effective air bridge, thanks to the close collaboration with which LaFarnesina, the Ministry of Defense - whom I thank in the person of the Minister Lorenzo Guerini - and all the State branches involved have been able to face the emergency ". Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio recalled this when he met the Italian contingent of Task Air Force Kuwait at the Ali Al Salem base, underlining that "the personnel of this base were called, last summer, to make an unforeseen effort to ensure the transfer of assets, in the phase of the withdrawal of our contingent from Herat, and to carry out the evacuation operations from Kabul ".

    Di Maio then remarked that "the international community, recalled the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, during the traditional Christmas greeting to the Italian soldiers engaged abroad, is increasingly called to intervene to ensure peace and stabilization in an international situation in which tensions are increasing . This requires our military to know how to adapt to ever-changing scenarios and to carry out ever new tasks, as you are doing with great skill and success ".

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