The work of the 'Italy-Africa, a bridge for common growth' summit begins at Palazzo Madama.
The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, arrived around 9am, welcomed by President Ignazio La Russa, at the Senate, where the welcoming ceremony for the heads of delegation is underway.
The family photo and the plenary session will follow, with the opening speeches of the Prime Minister herself and of the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, of the President of the African Union Azali Assoumani, of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki, of the Presidents of the Commission, the Council and EU Parliament (Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel and Roberta Metsola) and the UN deputy secretary general Amina Mohammed.
This will be followed by five thematic sessions, focused on cooperation in the economic and infrastructural fields, food security, energy transition, professional training and culture, migration and security, in which the relevant ministers will participate.
Italy makes a "precise foreign policy choice, which will lead to reserving Africa a place of honor in the agenda of our G7 presidency".
Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni said this in her speech at the Italy-Africa summit in the Senate.
Italy, he added, is "committed to demonstrating that we are aware of how interconnected the destiny of our continents is, and that it is possible to imagine and write a new page in our relations, a cooperation between equals, far from every predatory temptation and charitable approach".
A large professional training center on renewable energy in Morocco, projects on education in Tunisia, others for accessibility to healthcare in the Ivory Coast: these are "some of the pilot projects" of the Mattei Plan announced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in his speech at the Italy-Africa summit underway in the Senate chamber.
"Sharing is one of the key principles of the Mattei Plan, the work of this summit will be crucial to enrich the path", explained Meloni, indicating projects also in Algeria, Mozambique, Egypt, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya.
The Mattei Plan "can count on 5.5 billion euros between credits, gift operations and guarantees: around 3 billion from the Italian climate fund and 2.5 billion and a half from the development cooperation fund".
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this when opening the proceedings of the Italy-Africa summit in the Senate.
A large professional training center on renewable energy in Morocco, education projects in Tunisia, others for accessibility to healthcare in Ivory Coast: these are "some of the pilot projects" of the Mattei Plan.
"Sharing is one of the key principles of the Plan, the work of this summit will be crucial to enrich the path", explained the prime minister, also indicating projects in Algeria, Mozambique, Egypt, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya.
"We are not only committed to food security but also to food safety, we don't just want to guarantee food for everyone but quality food for everyone. We don't want a world in which those who can eat natural food and those who don't have resources eat synthetic food, it's not This is the world we want to build."
Thus the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opened the proceedings of the Italy-Africa summit in the Senate.
- A large professional training center on renewable energy in Morocco, projects on education in Tunisia, others for accessibility to healthcare in Ivory Coast: these are "some of the pilot projects" of the Mattei Plan announced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in his speech at the Italy-Africa summit underway in the Senate.
"Sharing is one of the key principles of the Mattei Plan, the work of this summit will be crucial to enrich the path", explained Meloni, indicating projects also in Algeria, Mozambique, Egypt, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya.
"We have always been convinced that Italy has all it takes to become a natural hub for energy supply for the whole of Europe, an objective that we can achieve if we use energy as a key to development for everyone".
Thus the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opened the proceedings of the Italy-Africa summit in the Senate.
"The interest that Italy pursues - he underlined - is to help the African nations interested in producing sufficient energy for their own needs and in exporting the excess part to Europe by putting together two needs, the African one of exploiting this production and generating wealth and the European Union to secure new energy supply routes".
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