The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, attended the Ministerial Meeting of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Bucharest, reaffirming Italy\u2019s commitment to strengthening the organisation\u2019s political role and its contribution to the process of European integration, with a particular focus on the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reunification of Europe is a strategic priority for Italy. The future of the peoples of the region lies in the European Union,\u201d said Tripodi, emphasising that regional cooperation is a key tool for promoting EU enlargement. The Undersecretary also reiterated the importance of strengthening dialogue between the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the European institutions, not least in view of the new Action Plan for 2027\u20132030.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, the Undersecretary reiterated Italy\u2019s support for the Initiative\u2019s activities through the Fund at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the \u2018Falcone Borsellino\u2019 legal diplomacy programme, which aims to strengthen judicial cooperation and the fight against illegal activities in candidate countries. She also highlighted the contribution of the Central European Initiative to Ukraine\u2019s reconstruction, including in the energy sector, and expressed confidence in Ukraine\u2019s forthcoming presidency of the organisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, attended the Ministerial Meeting of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Bucharest, reaffirming Italy\u2019s commitment to strengthening the organisation\u2019s political role and its contribution to the process of European integration, with a particular focus on the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine. \u201cThe reunification of Europe is […]","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":211702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,9,387,42],"class_list":["post-211687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-diplomazia-economica","tag-europa","tag-sottosegretario-maria-tripodi","tag-unione-europea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211687","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\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211690,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211687\/revisions\/211690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}