Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani will visit the Mont Blanc Tunnel site tomorrow morning and will travel in the afternoon to Bard (Aosta Valley) for the third meeting of the Italy\u2013France Cross-Border Cooperation Committee, which he will co-chair together with French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot.<\/p>\n
The Committee will bring together local authorities, members of parliament and other bodies and organisations operating along the Italy\u2013France border, with the aim of strengthening cross-border relations and discussing practical issues of mutual interest, such as mobility and transalpine connections, climate and water resource management, youth training and initiatives in support of bilingualism.<\/p>\n
In this context, particular importance is attached to the modernisation of border crossings, and in particular the Mont Blanc Tunnel site, which Minister Tajani will visit in the morning.<\/p>\n
On the occasion of the Committee meeting, the Minister will also hold a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart, Minister Barrot, during which they will discuss bilateral issues ahead of the forthcoming Italy\u2013France Summit, with particular focus on economic cooperation. France is Italy\u2019s third-largest export market, with bilateral trade increasing by 6% in 2025. The agenda will also include key European, regional and international issues.<\/p>\n
Tajani and Barrot will also discuss the Middle East. Minister Tajani will reiterate Italy\u2019s strong support for Lebanon\u2019s institutions, the civilian population and the Lebanese Armed Forces, stressing the need to work towards a post-UNIFIL framework in order to avoid security vacuums following the withdrawal of the mission.<\/p>\n
Other topics will include Gaza and the condemnation of violence by extremist settlers, as well as Italy\u2019s request \u2013 supported also by France \u2013 to consider EU sanctions against Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir. The two Ministers will also discuss the Strait of Hormuz and proposals under discussion to restore freedom and security of navigation in the Strait.<\/p>\n
At the end of the Committee\u2019s work, Ministers Tajani and Barrot will hold a joint press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani will visit the Mont Blanc Tunnel site tomorrow morning and will travel in the afternoon to Bard (Aosta Valley) for the third meeting of the Italy\u2013France Cross-Border Cooperation Committee, which he will co-chair together with French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot. The Committee will bring together local authorities, […]","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":192298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,9,28],"class_list":["post-192297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-diplomazia-economica","tag-europa","tag-ministro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192297","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\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192300,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192297\/revisions\/192300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}