During its chairmanship of the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),
Italy intends to focus more on the southern nations and the
Mediterranean, Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said Thursday.
He was speaking in Vienna at the OSCE headquarters and
presenting the priorities of the Italian chairmanship to the
organization.
It is from the Mediterranean, he stressed, that "some of the
most serious threats to Europe and the world come: terrorism and
the migration crisis".
"I am also convinced that the security dimension is
complementary to OSCE's Euro-Asian dimension," he added.
The crisis of the Mediterranean should be faced "not only
from the security point of view", the foreign minister said. "It
should also be looked at from the point of view of fighting
intolerance and discrimination and fostering inter-cultural and
inter-religious dialogue, the basis of security"."
"Cooperation becomes," he added, "an essential tool to pursue
security as an essential part of freedom."
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