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September 30, 2020 "We understand the concerns" of our American allies.

"Italy is fully aware of ensuring the security of

5G

networks

. It remains our absolute priority and we are in favor of common European rules", said the Foreign Minister, meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Farnesina, recalling that Rome it has already adopted legislation "which enhances the monitoring capacity" of the government on the matter, citing the golden power.



"With Pompeo we had a friendly and constructive dialogue, with him I maintain a constant dialogue. I have to thank once again for the extraordinary help of the United States as a government and private structures in the acute phase of the

coronavirus

crisis

", the minister of

affairs

said again. Foreign.



"The message is clear: Italy is firmly anchored in the US and the EU to which we are united with the common interests and values ​​of

NATO

and democracies. For Italy there are allies, interlocutors and economic partners. A country like ours is open. a possibility of investment, but never outside the borders "of the Atlantic Alliance, said Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.



"We are counting very much on the influence that the US will be able to exert on Libyan interlocutors and international actors to avoid any sabotage" of the stabilization process in

Libya

.

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said this in a press conference at the Farnesina with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.



On the management of "

migratory flows

from the south and east, Italy has done everything it could do but cannot do it alone. Redistributions and above all repatriation represent two important voices in the European pact on asylum", Di Maio.

"Italy alone will not make it, but Europe alone will not make it", underlined Di Maio.

"Faced with the phenomenon of migratory flows, we need heart and also a lot of head. The work at European level in the coming months will be to invest more resources in North African and Sahelian countries and create channels for the repatriation of those who do not escape from conditions that require the request. of asylum ".




Pompeo, China is in Italy for strategic purposes


"The Chinese Communist Party is trying to exploit its presence in Italy for its own strategic purposes, I'm not here to make sincere partnerships". US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underlined in joint press conference with Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio today in Rome.



"The United States calls on the Italian government to carefully consider national security and the confidentiality of its citizens' data" in light of the activities of "technology companies that are part of the surveillance state of the Chinese Communist Party," said the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, during a press conference with the foreign minister, Luigi Di Maio.

"In my discussion with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte I asked him to pay attention to the privacy of his citizens" regarding the creation of the 5G network.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.



"We have worked to improve the lives of the Chinese people in all these years of administration. We want there to be no human rights violations in that country, I wrote the article to honor the Catholic Church that has always defended the oppressed in the world. . All actors who can put an end to this authoritarian regime of the Chinese Communist Party must do so. "

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this in a press conference at the Farnesina with Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, answering a question from the Washington Post about the clash with the Vatican.