(ANSA) - ROME - During the opening speech at the summit of the Heads of Government of the Central European Initiative (CEI), which began at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirmed today the country's "strong and consistent commitment to supporting the EU enlargement into the Western Balkans. Italy will always be at the forefront and will never be satisfied until we achieve this result." "Connecting Europe today is a priority objective and therefore integration and dialogue are prosperity factors and represent the peculiar aspect of Italy's action," Conte said. Then the premier recalled that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the CEI "in which our Foreign Ministry played a key role: an amazing adventure which was the result of the brilliant intuition of the then Minister Gianni De Michelis who in 1989 succeeded in foreseeing the challenges and opportunities that would be the outcome of some events occurring in Europe," Prime Minister Conte then underlined Italy's "sorrow and solidarity" for the earthquake in Albania, addressing the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who was among the summit participants. Italy, said Conte, intends "to contribute to the fund for the reconstruction of Albania. With the president of the European Commission von der Leyen, we agreed there will be a conference of donors and Italy will be at the forefront" of tackling this issue. (ANSA).