Culture Minister Dario
Franceschini told the inaugural Culture G7 in Florence on Friday
that terrorists are deliberately targeting symbols of diversity.
The meeting of culture ministers of the leading industrial
economies is winding up on Friday after they signed the Florence
Declaration on Thursday committing them to fight the looting,
trafficking and destruction of heritage.
"We would never have imagined having these problems, with
heritage not threatened like it was in the world wars, but being
hit by terrorists as symbols of different cultures,"
Franceschini said.
"UNESCO reminds us that cultural heritage is heritage of
humanity".
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