This morning the Deputy Minister chaired the meeting of the Inter-ministerial Steering Committee on the Sea, set up to align the various administrations\u2019 approaches to Italy\u2019s international standing on maritime matters. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Presidency of the Republic, Presidency of the Council, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Agricultural, Food, and Forestry Policies, Ministry of Ecological Transition, and the Ministry of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility.<\/p>\n
The Steering Committee came out of Law 91\/2021 approved on 9 June this year, which provides for the possibility of authorising the setting up of an Exclusive Economic Zone – by means of a Decree of the President of the Republic – in the waters surrounding the territorial seas or part thereof.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn recent years the geopolitical situation of the sea has changed,\u201d said the Deputy Minister, \u201cleading to gradual \u2018territorialisation of the sea\u2019. The law therefore provides Italy with a flexible tool for extending the Country\u2019s sovereignty and action at sea. We therefore intend to draw up a roadmap for progressive proclaiming of the EEZ in the various portions of the sea that relate to our Country.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven our Country\u2019s position at the centre of the Mediterranean, the extent of our coastline, and the number of maritime borders we have with adjacent States and those opposite us (ten in all), it is essential that we have a coherent approach to our demarcation agreements. This important drive will call for intense bilateral negotiations, which we intend to tackle with a strategic outlook,\u201d continued Deputy Minister Di Stefano.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact, these matters have highly important spin-offs in terms of the blue economy, as well as on our Country\u2019s maritime standing. Then we must not forget the archaeological heritage under the sea, safeguarding the marine environment and the health of the sea in general, which will always be our priority,\u201d concluded the Deputy Minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This morning the Deputy Minister chaired the meeting of the Inter-ministerial Steering Committee on the Sea, set up to align the various administrations\u2019 approaches to Italy\u2019s international standing on maritime matters. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Presidency of the Republic, Presidency of the Council, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defence, Ministry […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[399],"class_list":["post-48496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-vice-ministri-e-sottosegretari-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48496","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=48496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}