Italy\u2019s \u201cstrategy [editor\u2019s note: that of Italy and its allies in Afghanistan<\/I>] goes forward and has not changed direction. Therefore, the timeframes are those that were described and announced\u201d. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi\u2019s comment at the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Marc Grossman. \u201cThe fundamental principle for both our countries and the other NATO allies remains that we work together and we go back in together\u201d. According to Terzi, \u201cthe theme of redeployment and reduction of the military presence is a theme that falls precisely within the strategy adopted at Lisbon and is linked with the objective of transferring security responsibility to the Afghan national forces\u201d. \u201cA transfer\u201d, he stressed, \u201cthat will begin in 2013 and be completed in 2014\u201d. <\/P>
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The Special US Envoy conveyed the United States\u2019 \u201cadmiration for Italy\u2019s efforts in Afghanistan in these past 10 years\u201d, and expressed \u201csolidarity in the pursuit of the efforts we will continue to carry out together. I reiterated\u201d, Grossman said, \u201cmy condolences for the loss of the Italian soldier and the wounding of others last week\u201d. Grossman announced that the United States was ready to resume dialogue with the Taliban. When the Taliban \u201care ready we will be ready to resume dialogue\u201d with them\u201d.<\/P>
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According to Grossman, \u201cthe question in play is how to protect the investments made in human lives, money, time and effort from now on\u201d. A given quantity of resources, he said, should continue to be invested in Afghan security forces and, \u201cas Terzi said very well, in developing the country\u201d. Moreover, it is necessary \u201cto increase the private sector\u2019s capacity for involvement in Afghanistan. And that is why with countries like Italy we are advancing aimed at linking the economies of Central Asia with those of Southern Asia through Afghanistan, with the goal of creating sustainable economic growth\u201d, Grossman added, specifying that \u201cthis is not only a question of going around asking for public funds but also of asking the private sector also to consider the opportunities the region offers\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s \u201cstrategy [editor\u2019s note: that of Italy and its allies in Afghanistan] goes forward and has not changed direction. Therefore, the timeframes are those that were described and announced\u201d. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi\u2019s comment at the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with US Special Envoy for […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[397,45,404],"class_list":["post-20373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-america-settentrionale","tag-asia-e-oceania","tag-sicurezza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20373","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=20373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}