Foreign Ministry Secretary General Ambassador Valensise joined Defence Chief of Staff Admiral Binelli Mantelli in opening an international meeting today at the Foreign Ministry in Rome centred on support for Lebanon and the Lebanese Armed Forces, in preparation for an international conference of foreign ministers to be held in late June in Rome and chaired by Ministers Mogherini and Pinotti. Approximately 20 countries and international organisations were represented at today\u2019s meeting.<\/P>
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All participants agreed on the Lebanese Armed Forces\u2019 crucial and symbolic role in safeguarding the identity, unity and security of the State. Appreciation was also expressed during the meeting for the results achieved by the Lebanese government in increasing the armed forces\u2019 efficiency, especially with regard to border defence and counter-terrorism.<\/P>
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Today\u2019s meeting confirmed Italy\u2019s role in maintaining Lebanese stability, in close coordination with the Lebanese authorities and the United Nations and within the framework of the International Support Group for Lebanon.<\/P>
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\u201cItaly is especially committed to fostering stability in Lebanon. We are facilitating and coordinating the international community\u2019s and principal donors\u2019 renewed attention for a friendly nation that is also crucial to regional balances\u201d, Ambassador Valensise underscored.<\/P>
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\u201cSupporting the Lebanese Armed Forces\u201d, the Defence Chief of Staff asserted, \u201cis one of our top priorities, in line with a commitment to international peacekeeping and that is borne out by our years of participation in the UNIFIL mission\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foreign Ministry Secretary General Ambassador Valensise joined Defence Chief of Staff Admiral Binelli Mantelli in opening an international meeting today at the Foreign Ministry in Rome centred on support for Lebanon and the Lebanese Armed Forces, in preparation for an international conference of foreign ministers to be held in late June in Rome and chaired […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comunicati"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808","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=6808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}