Libano: Mogherini, grazie a Serra e buon lavoro a Portolano. Orgogliosi di Unifil

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini sent her best wishes for the task ahead to General Luciano Portolano, who today takes over the command of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. “We are proud to be leading, for the third time, a mission that has made and continues to make an incisive contribution to the stabilisation of an area whose equilibrium is very fragile, and all the more so in this context of regional crisis”, she said.
“I visited UNIFIL a few months ago, where General Paolo Serra welcomed me, and I met in Rome with General Portolano following his appointment by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 17 June during the foreign ministry-hosted conference in support of the Lebanese armed forces”, Mogherini specified.
“The choice of Portolano confirms the esteem that our military forces enjoy in Lebanon. We have General Serra to thank for this, who leaves Portolano a legacy of unanimous appreciation for the commitment and humanity with which the Italian troops discharge their efforts, as was communicated to me personally in all my encounters throughout the region”, she concluded.