Bari, 15 June 2024 – “If today the peace conference opens in Switzerland in which Italy also participates, it is because we G7 with our firm and united support in these two years we have ensured that Ukraine was not invaded. It’s worth always remembering this.” Giorgia Meloni thus begins the press conference in which he sums up the summit, which saw the world’s greats meet in Puglia, in Borgo Egnazia. A summit that the Prime Minister defines, “without fear of denial, a success“, “an extraordinary team effort” of which she says she is “proud” for “how our nation has once again managed to amaze and chart the course”.
Giorgia Meloni during the final G7 conference in Puglia (Ansa)
“The G7 reiterates the compact commitment to defend the international system of rules based on law, jeopardized by the Russian war of aggression”, says the Prime Minister, recalling the “non-obvious agreement” on profits from Russian assets, “to be defined from a technical point of view in the coming weeks”. “It has already been established that the 50 billion loan to Ukraine will be provided by the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan could also probably participate – he clarifies –. Currently the European nations are not involved because the assets are all mobilized in Europe, therefore Europe is already contributing by identifying the guarantee mechanism.”
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The abortion controversy
Meloni also returns to the issue abortion and on the fact that the word is not contained in the final summit declaration. “Simply because when there are things already taken for granted, a reference is made to the previous document”, she explains. “I believe it was a controversy built in a manner artificiala controversy that has never existed at the top”, he adds, underlining that he does not intend “to modify law 194 but to apply it in all its parts, it is a very balanced and well-made law”.
Thanks to the Pope and artificial intelligence
The prime minister say thank you Then Pope francesco. “Yesterday we experienced a historic moment with the presence of the Pope who I will never stop thanking for the gift he gave us. Not only by participating in the summit, it was the first time in the 50-year history of the G7 – he says –. I want to thank him for giving us his invaluable point of view onartificial intelligence and for the respect he showed by staying for over 3 hours to listen to all the leaders. I found it an extraordinary message and I will truly be eternally grateful to the Holy Father for this extraordinary message that he wanted to send.”
