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00:00Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's official visit to Saudi Arabia took place from 25th
00:11of January to 27th, her first in the Arab country.
00:15The Prime Minister made her first stop in Jeddah, on the shores of the Red Sea, where
00:19she boarded the Amerigo Vespucci on a two-year tour around the world, which will end in January
00:24and June.
00:25Meloni then reached the town of Al-Ula, an archaeological site that is a UNESCO World
00:30Heritage Site, where she had a bilateral meeting with the Crown Prince and the Saudi Prime
00:34Minister Bin Salman.
00:36The talks focused on the situation in the Middle East, from Syria to Lebanon, to the
00:40need to consolidate the ceasefire in Gaza.
00:44Economic aspects were also in the foreground.
00:47In the high-level Italy-Saudi Arabia roundtable that followed the meeting, Meloni explained
00:51that the overall value of the agreements reached during her visit is approximately
00:5610 billion dollars.
00:59On January 10th, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani flew to Damascus, where he had a series
01:04of meetings with the new Syrian leadership.
01:06Tajani saw the new leader Abu Mohammed al-Yawlani and the Foreign Minister and met the representatives
01:12of civil society, the Christian and Muslim communities.
01:16Our goal is to have a stable Syria, a territorial unity where everyone is recognized as citizens
01:22with equal rights and duties, explained the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
01:25We are in favor of the return of refugees from neighboring countries so that the situation
01:30is stable throughout the Middle East.
01:33Statements by Minister Tajani from Damascus at the end of meetings with Syrian authorities.
01:39The agreement between Israel and Hamas on the truce and the hostages, it is an important
01:43step toward peace.
01:45We must consolidate the ceasefire and move forward with the next stages, thus stated
01:49Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, underlining the recent ceasefire in Lebanon and the change
01:54of pace with the election of the new Lebanese President Aoun.
01:57The objective must be that of the two states, Tajani reiterated, meeting his Israeli counterpart
02:03Gideon Saar on 14th of January in Rome.
02:07The winners of the competition for relegation secretaries, Kors, Tosca, Barruco, were received
02:13at Quirinale.
02:14Against these international drifts of violence, of refusal of dialogue, our diplomacy has
02:19always been committed to the search for peace, collaboration, mutual understanding.
02:24And this task is carried out by our diplomats with great astuteness, which deserves recognition,
02:29said the President of the Republic, Mattarella.
02:31These young people are a precious resource that the country has extraordinary need of,
02:36the best expression of our territories, said Minister Tajani.
02:39Excellencies, that is the duty of the institution to intercept and enhance.
02:47On January 28th, Foreign Minister Tajani inaugurated Italian Fashion Days in the World
02:51at Villa Madama in Rome, a new format for integrated promotion in the context of growth
02:56diplomacy.
02:57The fashion roundtable for internationalization also met at Villa Madama to initiate close
03:02technical coordination between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the main trade associations.
03:07We want to support this strategic sector in a concrete way through growth diplomacy, commented
03:12Tajani, involving the over 300 Farnesina offices abroad.