The main points on the agenda of Minister Gentiloni\u2019s visit are bilateral political, economic and cooperation and regional crises, in addition to inaugurating the new pavilion of the National Museum of Beirut, financed by Italy\u2019s Cooperation Directorate.<\/p>\n
The Syrian crisis, the fight against Daesh, bilateral relations, cooperation on migration, archaeological and cultural issues are the main points on the agenda of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni\u2019s visit to Lebanon today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Beirut, the Foreign Minister is scheduled to meet with Lebanon\u2019s Prime Minister Tammam Salam, the Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil.<\/p>\n
Minister Gentiloni\u2019s mission falls within the framework of Italy\u2019s contribution to international peace and stability efforts in the Middle East and of the excellent relations between Italy and Lebanon, as proven by numerous bilateral visits, including the visit to Lebanon by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (22 December of 2015) and by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella (13 May of 2016).<\/p>\n
In addition, Italy is Lebanon\u2019s largest European trade partner and the second-largest in overall value.<\/p>\n
Mr Gentiloni intends to reaffirm Italy\u2019s support to stabilising Lebanon, both through the UNIFIL and through the bilateral training mission (MILBIL).<\/p>\n
The visit also has great cultural relevance as it coincides with the inauguration of the new pavilion of the National Museum of Beirut, which is dedicated to Lebanon\u2019s funerary art and is financed by Italy\u2019s Cooperation Directorate. The event will offer the opportunity to highlight, together with Prime Minister Salam and the Minister of Culture Remon Areiji, the numerous cultural cooperation projects that are financed by Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The main points on the agenda of Minister Gentiloni\u2019s visit are bilateral political, economic and cooperation and regional crises, in addition to inaugurating the new pavilion of the National Museum of Beirut, financed by Italy\u2019s Cooperation Directorate. The Syrian crisis, the fight against Daesh, bilateral relations, cooperation on migration, archaeological and cultural issues are the […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,32,6,76],"class_list":["post-52553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-cooperazione-sviluppo","tag-diplomazia-culturale","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-ministri-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52553","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=52553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}