Italy \u201cstrongly believes in Afghanistan\u2019s future [\u2026], a country where democracy is gaining ground, and strength. The next decade will be most important\u201d. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the end of his meeting at the Farnesina with his Afghan colleague, Zalmai Rassoul.<\/P>
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\u201cWork-in-progress that will bear fruit over the next ten years\u201d, says Terzi<\/STRONG><\/P> <\/STRONG>Terzi pointed out that in the last decade Afghanistan\u2019s development has been \u201cimpressive\u201d. Seven million Afghan children now attend school, compared with 900,000 under the Taliban, noted the minister. 30% of the Members of Parliament are women, healthcare provision is more widespread, the campaign against corruption is under way and, on the security front, \u201c75% of the country <\/A>is under satisfactory control\u201d, continued Terzi. \u201cWe are speaking about a work-in-progress that will bear fruit over the next ten years\u201d. <\/P> After the transition \u2013 the Italian presence<\/STRONG><\/P> Terzi reiterated that the Italian presence after the end of the transition period will be reduced and will mainly encompass training. The Italians \u201cwill no longer provide operational support\u201d to Afghan military personnel. They will deal mainly with \u201ctraining, along with a logistics element\u201d, he added, \u201cand their numbers will be decided through consultation with the Afghans and with ISAF\u201d.<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> Partnership and cooperation agreement<\/STRONG><\/P> Rassoul, for his part, thanked Italy for its constant and on-going support for Afghanistan since the end of the war. He also mentioned the partnership and cooperation agreement signed with Rome, to build up and strengthen the Afghan institutions and economy. Turning to negotiations with the Taliban, Rassoul pointed out that the government \u201cwelcomes the talks, but the \u2018red lines\u2019 must be respect for the constitution and for human rights\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy \u201cstrongly believes in Afghanistan\u2019s future [\u2026], a country where democracy is gaining ground, and strength. The next decade will be most important\u201d. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the end of his meeting at the Farnesina with his Afghan colleague, Zalmai Rassoul. \u201cWork-in-progress that will bear fruit over the next […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,29,76,404],"class_list":["post-18391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-asia-e-oceania","tag-cooperazione-sviluppo","tag-ministri-precedenti","tag-sicurezza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18391","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=18391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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