In a government briefing of the Senate joint foreign and defence commissions on the status of missions under way and development cooperation and peace and stabilisation interventions, Minister Emma Bonino announced that 23.6 million euro had been earmarked for humanitarian missions on the basis of Enrico Letta\u2019s announcement at the St. Petersburg G20; she added that \u201canother 10 million will be made available at the end of December\u201d. The head of Italian diplomacy joined defence minister Mario Mauro in addressing international concerns ranging from the migration emergency in the Mediterranean to the dismantling of chemical weapons in Syria and Iran\u2019s more open nuclear stance.<\/P>
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Immigration, Libyan coasts a point of departure<\/STRONG><\/P> Regarding the migration emergency, Minister Bonino admitted that the unpatrolled coasts of Libya had become a point of departure for the migration flows out of Sub-Saharan Africa. According to Minister Bonino, Libya\u2019s delicate stability and security framework suffered an ulterior blow last week with the short-lived \u201cflash abduction\u201d of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, which she described as conceivably associated with a \u201cpolitical maneuver aimed at forcing his resignation\u201d, remarking that \u201cnext week it will be clear what type of transition\u201d is under way and that, for that reason \u201cthe Italian government insists that an inclusive process be launched\u201d, since the current situation is untenable \u2013 a situation linked more than ever to the European problem of migration toward the Mediterranean. \u201cThere are divergent and opposing interests in the Mediterranean. This is the difficulty\u201d of \u201chaving a common European foreign policy\u201d, Bonino admitted, adding that it was no \u201cmystery\u201d that \u201csome European capitals not only think that foreign policy should come from the UN Security Council, but also have interests that differ from ours\u201d.<\/P> Syria<\/STRONG>, Damascus collaborating with OPCW missions<\/STRONG><\/P> The minister then confronted the Syrian crisis, pointing out that \u201cthe information we are getting from the OPCW\u201d (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) describe a \u201cpositive\u201d process of chemical weapons arsenal verification and the \u201cpositive collaboration of the Syrian government\u201d. On the Iranian front, regarding the more open stance expressed by Teheran in the 5+1 meetings in Geneva on the nuclear question, the minister warned that \u201cIt is not the case to be overly optimistic. A certain degree of caution must be based on the facts and not solely on statements\u201d.<\/P> Egypt, not to the green light on tourism in the Sinai<\/STRONG><\/P> Finally, on the question of security in Egypt, in light of the clashes with the authorities and demonstrations in various of the country\u2019s cities, Bonino cited the \u201clack of any tangible evolution in the new Egyptian administration\u201d and its \u201centirely disproportionate reaction\u201d that have resulted in 50 victims over recent weeks. Speaking to Italians intending to travel to Sinai tourist resorts, the minister specified: \u201cI reconfirm that our services advise against it and have not given the green light\u201d with regard to \u201cthe security of tourists\u201d in Sharm el Sheik and along the Sinai peninsula.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a government briefing of the Senate joint foreign and defence commissions on the status of missions under way and development cooperation and peace and stabilisation interventions, Minister Emma Bonino announced that 23.6 million euro had been earmarked for humanitarian missions on the basis of Enrico Letta\u2019s announcement at the St. Petersburg G20; she added […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,43,6,404,42],"class_list":["post-15576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-asia-e-oceania","tag-diritti-umani","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-sicurezza","tag-unione-europea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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