Defending religious freedom, inter-faith dialogue and religious minorities are “foreign policy priorities for Italy at all levels. We are ready to work side by side with Indonesia to encourage the religious co-existence in the region”.
Ensuring freedom of worship around the world
Opening the Italo-Indonesian conference on interfaith dialogue in Jakarta, Minister Giulio Terzi stressed that religion-based attacks “are not confined to a single religion or to a specific region in the world. It is in the interests of our collective security and stability that freedom of worship be ensured throughout the world, keeping in mind the three pillars of the United Nations: peace, development and human rights”, the minister added, who met today in Jakarta with his Indonesian colleague R.M. Marty Natalegawa. The topics on the agenda of their bilateral meeting, in addition to economic relations (the minister was accompanied by a business delegation), included the struggle against terrorism and piracy.
