Undersecretary Giorgio Silli participated today in the conference organized by the International Observatory of Cultural Diplomacy of Siena, an organization that works to promote the Tuscan city on the international scene and to enhance its artistic, scientific, political and economic heritage, with a view to meeting and dialogue.
On the sidelines of the event, Undersecretary Silli met the President of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO), Sen. Rolando González Patricio, with whom he exchanged views on the prospects for collaboration between our country and the Latin American and Caribbean.
“Latin America and the Caribbean” – underlined Undersecretary Silli – “represent a priority of the Italian Government, which is relaunching relations with both regions and with individual countries. The main objectives are to broaden the range of collaborations and synergies, also extending them to the most innovative sectors, and to promote the values of peace, democracy, fundamental freedoms and human rights, which today, in many areas of the world, they are put to the test.”
Undersecretary Silli and President González Patricio in particular agreed on the importance and solidity of the cultural ties existing between Italy, Latin America and the Caribbean, also recalling the relevance of parliamentary diplomacy as a further tool for supporting and strengthening the growing political dialogue between Italy and the Latin American and Caribbean regions.
Finally, Undersecretary Silli reminded President González Patricio of the centrality of instruments such as Development Cooperation, the periodic Italy – Latin America and Caribbean Ministerial Conferences, the political dialogue mechanisms and the Italian-Latin American International Organization (IILA), which contribute to supporting the action to relaunch and expand relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.
