Giorgia MeloniPrime Minister, arrives at Shama’s Millevoi basewhere the Italian contingents deployed in are stationed Lebanon. “You are not there during the holidays with your family, you are not there for your friends, your boyfriends and girlfriends, wives and husbands: you give up everything – he says – to guarantee that peace that many, especially at this moment, need they fill their mouths sitting comfortably from the sofa of their home. Why the peace it is not built with feelings and good words, peace is above all deterrence and commitment, sacrifice”.
The Prime Minister then underlines that “these are difficult days Middle Eastin Europe, in the world. When there is a fire – he notes – the risk is always the same, that the flames fly quickly from one tree to another and cannot be put out. We must do everything possible to avoid the risk and you are the ditch, the sand barrier that helps keep the fire from progressing.” Furthermore, Meloni confesses: “I came here above all to say thank you, on behalf of Italy for choosing to wear a uniform. Thanks for understanding that wearing that split it means knowing how to use both the head and the Heart. Thank you for studying, because you also knew that wearing that uniform requires professionalism and competence. Thank you – he continues – for agreeing to come this far Lebanonwhere our armed forces have been a fundamental piece of the mission for decades Unifil. A mission that is indispensable for our nation, in a land that is the cradle of great civilisations, which for a long time has also been a model in the capacity for coexistence between different traditions and religious confessions”.
Finally, the Prime Minister recalls that Lebanon is “a nation to which Italy is linked by a long history of friendship, which plays a fundamental role in maintaining balance in the Middle East. Here – he underlines – in addition to the work we carry out in the field of United Nations Italy also declines its commitment at a bilateral level with the mission Mibil, which trains and supports the Lebanese security forces who are in turn essential to safeguarding the institutional framework of this nation. It was important work yesterday and it becomes fundamental today.”
Updated March 28, 2024 at 3:26 pm
