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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea December 7th 2019The President of the Council Giuseppe Conte, with his speech, closed the three days of work of the Fifth Edition of the Rome MED Conference - Mediterranean Dialogues which saw the participation of over 40 leaders including Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers and about 1000 entrepreneurs, academics, representatives of the major international organizations as well as scholars and experts from over 50 countries.

The future of the Mediterranean area is the central topic that has polarized the attention of all the Med Med participants who spoke about geopolitics and security, economy, development, civil society and culture.

In his speech, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte highlighted how the collaboration between the countries of the area has a strategic importance and in particular how the European Union cannot lose the chance because the future is playing out in the Mediterranean area: "Not only in the region but also in the safety and the future of the old continent. The Mare Nostrum cannot be a 'Mare Nullius '. The European Union cannot miss the opportunity to move from an emergency logic to a structural logic" . In addition, Prime Minister Conte highlighted that "the enlarged Mediterranean must once again become a pole of attraction, sustainability, development. The Mediterranean is an expanded strategic perimeter because its challenges have widened", he added. "The enlarged Mediterranean is a political paradox with solid lessons from the past but uncertain prospects for the future ".

"Libya, credible Italy: it is at the forefront of the few to act consistently with public statements"
"The Libyan scenario sees in the front line supporting the UN also in organizing the next Berlin Conference. There is no resolutive military option, only an inclusive political process can lead to a full and lasting stabilization of the country. We belong to the small circle of those stakeholders (stakeholders, ed) whose behavior is completely consistent with public statements. It is a credibility factor for our country "said Prime Minister Conte.

"Iran, concern about disengagement from nuclear obligations"
"We need to keep Iran's attention high, of which we observe with concern the progressive disengagement with respect to the obligations of the agreement on nuclear power" declared the President of the Council, Giuseppe Conte. "It is important to keep all channels of dialogue open to counter any dangerous escalation and to encourage cooperative rather than competitive or confrontational responsibility," he added.

"Migrants, fewer irregular arrivals are not enough. We need a qualitative leap in the EU"
"The numbers give us reason for the irregular arrivals, but the migration policy cannot be limited to these mere statistics and serves an overall design of relations between the two shores. We need a leap in quality on a European level that we pursue with determination" so it was Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expressed, speaking at the conclusion of the Med Dialogues in Rome.

The Rome MED Conference 2019 was promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ISPI, the prestigious Institute for International Political Studies, specializing in geopolitical analysis and global political-economic trends.

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio held several bilateral dialogues at the Farnesina with his foreign counterparts during the 'three days' of the Forum Med because "The collaboration with the countries of the area has a strategic importance", he said. Mediterranean is the stability of the EU and Italy ". Regarding the management of migratory flows for Di Maio "We must get out of an emergency logic and work together, the European Union, countries of origin and transit, for a response focused on repatriation and redistribution, as well as on the shared responsibility of the countries of the European Union, abandoning the logic of Dublin for which it is the countries of first landing that have to manage a phenomenon that concerns everyone, which reminds us of the need to govern crises rather than suffer them and give concrete answers to citizens ". Thus the Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, closing the Med Dialogues.