A statement released by the Presidency of the Republic highlights that in a speech before representatives of the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Italy on Friday, the president regretted that in the world “war fronts are multiplying rapidly and the international community is unable to counteract them.”
Mattarella said that according to recent analyses, there are 56 ongoing war conflicts, “the highest number since World War II, in a context of general deterioration of security conditions.”
“What role does the international community, which has been structured over time, play if it is not capable of recognizing the crises that arise? And “instead of facing the problems, expressing the values that impelled it to unite, it reacts by evading them,” the head of State said.
What is at stake is “being able to build an international order that is not the mere result of conflicts, and a snapshot of their consequences, but the fruit of a visionary effort carried out in peace,” he added.
The president condemned the fact that relations with other countries are measured “by the capacity to take away their resources, their hopes of growth,” and wondered, “For what purpose? For what alledged benefits?” in the third millennium, “the principle of the invasion of other States, of the manipulation of their sovereignty, of the alteration of the truth” may still be valid.
He referred in particular to the spiral of violence due to the war in the Middle East, where as a result of Israel’s attacks, “an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza” was generated, with the deaths of some 45,000 Palestinian victims of the Zionist bombings, which spread to Lebanon and put “the whole area on fire.”
In this regard, he asserted that “together with our partners, we continue to work above all for a ceasefire, for a constructive process that, with the help of the international community, leads to a two-State solution, which is fair, necessary, sustainable and in accordance with international law”.
Mattarella also addressed the current problems in Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, and noted that in view of the regime change, “it is essential that a new State be created quickly, that dialogue be reactivated,” and that “the population be protected and minorities be safeguarded.”
“Italy feels the need to reaffirm its firm and convinced support for multilateralism. It is a very important issue, even more so at a time when simplistic and divisive rhetoric is gaining strength,” Mattarella stressed.
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