A note published Wednesday on the website of the Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers shows that after that meeting, the President referred to the issues discussed in the press statements, including reaffirming both countries’ support for Ukraine. in its conflict with Russia.
“We have talked about the role of Europe in this scenario, about the multiple strategic issues that Europe faces and about which Italy and the Czech Republic and these two governments have often agreed on the issue of security,” he said He later added, “We hope to strengthen our joint defense work.”
He also referred to the goal of finding ways to deal with the energy problems stemming essentially from the measures taken against Moscow, which include the gradual reduction in gas supplies from that country.
He explained that energy production must be diversified and “the nations closest to us, and in particular the Mediterranean countries, must be involved in this production” in order to produce different forms of energy, saying that Italy has achieved this objective “as a Door openers” could advocate access to Europe, investments and the improvement of its infrastructures”.
This contact also discussed the issue of immigrants, which he explained should be dealt with at regional level by the European Commission (EC) and stressed that attention should be paid to defending the external dimension and working on one The return policy would apply together with the “countries of origin and transit” of the undocumented.
“This requires concrete action on the part of the EC, which we hope before the next European Council, which will address this matter on which we have worked together so far and will continue to do so,” he added, referring to the target identity between Prague and Rome in this sense within the European Union (EU).
With regard to the stability and growth pact of this regional community, the head of government assured that we agree with Fiala “here too that the new rules must not neglect to take into account the great challenges that Europe has set itself”.
In conclusion, the Prime Minister described relations with the Czech Republic as excellent, with an 18 percent growth in trade exchanges in 2022 compared to the previous year and an increase in investments in this country by more than three thousand Italian companies.
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