The Farnesina will host the Conference on “The collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Carabinieri Corps to enhance citizens’ security and promote Italian concerns abroad” at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 30 May.
The Conference seeks to enhance the collaboration between MAECI and the Arma dei Carabinieri (Carabinieri Corps) through several interventions. On the one hand, focus will be on the evolution of the Carabinieri’s activity abroad during United Nations, European Union and NATO initiatives and, on the other hand, the security of MAECI and the Italian diplomatic missions abroad.
“The cooperation between the Farnesina and the Arma dei Carabinieri represents a positive example of how different state adminstrations can work together and complement each other for the benefit of the Nation and its citizens. It is a pattern that our international partners have already commended. It is our intention to fine-tune it further in order to always be ready to meet the most urgent international challenges,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, who will address the opening session, together with the Minister of Defense, Roberta Pinotti.
The participants at the subsequently themed panels will be members of the Comando Operativo Interforze, Carabinieri Corps, Italian diplomats, and representatives of the academia and national media, along with foreign guests such as Ambassador Brett McGurk, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Kenneth Deane, director of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability of EEAS and Aderemi Adeoye, Peace Support Operations Division, Peace and Security Department of the African Union Commission.
The concluding addresses will be entrusted to the Commander in Chief of the Carabinieri Corps, Lieutenant General Tullio Del Sette, the Chief Head of Staff of the Ministry of Defense , General Claudio Graziano, and the Secretary General of MAECI, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni.
