First a cross-legged tea on traditional carpets, under the tented camp in the desert of the suggestive Al'-Ula valley. Then a bilateral. And then the agreements worth almost 10 billion euros , in the framework of a strategic partnership that strengthens relations between Italy and Saudi Arabia .
Giorgia Meloni has thus relaunched the relationship with the government led by Prince Mohammad bin Salman , a player who has always been strategic in the Middle East and even more so in this historical phase. It was with MbS that Donald Trump made his first public international phone call after taking office at the White House. And faced with the promise of investments of 600 billion dollars, the president of the United States is considering flying to Riyadh for his first mission abroad. Not to mention the weight of the Saudi monarchy in the unstable geopolitical scenario.
In the meeting with Meloni, Palazzo Chigi reports, "several important global and regional issues were addressed, also in the context of relations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council".
"There is a huge untapped potential in our cooperation , and this visit - Meloni explained - can open a completely new phase in our partnership , and for this reason we have raised our bilateral relations to the level of strategic partnership".
New opportunities can open up. In the name, the prime minister stressed, not only of trade agreements.
(Online Union)
