{"id":3998,"date":"2017-09-28T18:07:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2017\/09\/nuove-prospettive-di-sviluppo-per-2\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T18:07:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:07:47","slug":"nuove-prospettive-di-sviluppo-per","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2017\/09\/nuove-prospettive-di-sviluppo-per\/","title":{"rendered":"New development prospects for Meridiana following investment by Qatar Airways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The acquisition by Qatar Airways of 49% of Meridiana signals a turning point for the future of the company and Italian air transport,\u00a0further enhancing\u00a0the value of the\u00a0nation&#8217;s tourist heritage, especially in Southern Italy. The deal contributes to strengthening the financial partnership between Italy and Qatar, which has resulted in increased investment by Qatari companies in Italy and a strong industrial presence of Italian companies in Qatar. This has been further enhanced by Italian companies being awarded a major contract in the defence sector and the building of strategic infrastructure, including a subway line in Doha and one of the main football stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the recent talks I held with Qatar authorities,&#8221; said Minister Alfano, &#8220;I highlighted the need to further promote the economic partnership between the two countries in strategic sectors, with major mutual investments and the development of our technological collaboration.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The acquisition by Qatar Airways of 49% of Meridiana signals a turning point for the future of the company and Italian air transport,\u00a0further enhancing\u00a0the value of the\u00a0nation&#8217;s tourist heritage, especially in Southern Italy. The deal contributes to strengthening the financial partnership between Italy and Qatar, which has resulted in increased investment by Qatari companies in [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,6,76],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-diplomazia-economica","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-ministri-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","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=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}