(ANSA) - Innsbruck (Austria), 20 Nov - ''The EU-strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) is a great development opportunity for a homogeneous territory from a morphological, but above all economic, point of view. It is crucial to the achievement of common objectives, therefore the role of our Region today should be stronger than in the past''. This is what the FVG regional councillor for the EU policies, Pierpaolo Roberti, at the end of the EUSALP general meeting. During the meeting the guidelines lines of the upcoming Italian presidency of the strategy were approved. In this regard, Roberti clarified that ''the Italian presidency will be a springboard for our region's many outstanding examples and highlights, not by chance the strategy's crucial issues are environmental sustainability and sustainable transport in the Alpine area, which the FVG has benn enhanced by investing in the rail transport of goods and people''. FVG councillor announced that ''in September 2019 Trieste will host an event, promoted by the Italian presidency, and will deal with the issue of intermodality, with particular reference to the Port of Trieste, which is the most important harbor in the Alpine region for rail traffic. The expertise of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region in this field will be a best practice for the other regions in the Alpine area and promote the awareness of the opportunities that only the Julian port can offer, thanks to the free point regime and its location along the new silk road''. EUSALP is the fourth macro-regional strategy of the European Union and covers a territory populated by 80 million people (16% of the EU) spread over 48 regions in seven countries: Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. (ANSA).