The 50th has officially begun G7 summit in Puglia, in the location of Borgo Egnazia. These are the very first words of the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “Italy chose to host the leaders’ summit in Puglia and this was not a random choice. Puglia is a region in the South of Italy and the message we want to give is to strengthen dialogue with the nations of the Global South, because this land is historically a bridge between West and East, it is a land of dialogue at the center of Mediterranean”.
Among centuries-old olive trees and a colonnade of traditional Salento white stone, the Prime Minister signed the logo of the G7 Italy, and then welcome the leaders taking part in the summit. The first to arrive is La outgoing president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen followed by the president of the European Council Charles Michel. Immediately after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. To follow the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio KishidaThe Canadian Justin Trudeauand the French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron (between him and Meloni, smiles of circumstance and formal cordiality). US President Joe Biden is behind schedule.
Many i themes and points of the day that will be addressed: come on ongoing crisis, starting from Ukraine and the Middle Eastto the most complex challenge of our time, namely the advent ofgenerative artificial intelligence seizing “opportunities while managing the risks”, as in Meloni’s words.
But also thefocus on the Indo-Pacific region and Africa, “a continent that is fundamental for the future of all of us with its difficulties and its opportunities”. “Another fundamental issue that Italy has placed at the center of the Presidency is linked to Africa, and beyond, the migrationthe increasingly worrying role that trafficking organizations are taking on by exploiting the desperation of human beings”, declared the Prime Minister.
by Margherita Medici
