Meloni in Bali, from bilateral agreements with China and India to progress on food and energy security

Two intense days, full of meaning and full of appointments, to show everyone that the Italian government is not isolated, as some would have you believe.

After Cop27 in Egypt,

went to Indonesia (with her daughter Ginevra) for her

since she has been at Palazzo Chigi.

At the G20 in

, Italy wants to demonstrate that it can assume a central role.

The summit will therefore be an opportunity for the Prime Minister to address the main issues on the global agenda also through a series of

already included in the agenda.

, those with the president of the United States,

, and with the president of the People's Republic of China,

.

Then there will also be talks with the Canadian prime minister,

, with the Japanese prime minister,

, with the Turkish president,

, with the Indian prime minister,

, and with the President of the Republic of Indonesia,

.

In short, a busy schedule, which could be further enriched, given that exchanges with other international leaders on the sidelines of the summit are not excluded.

"This trip - the juice of the reasoning filtered through Palazzo Chigi - denies the detractors of Meloni and the government".

The away program shows that "

and not that isolation that is being reported elsewhere".

In short, the summary is that “

on the international scene”.

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Giorgia Meloni arrives at Ngurah Rai International Airport ahead of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia

The themes of the G20: war in Ukraine, food and energy security, health and digital

But, as we know, the heart of the discussions that will take place at this summit and which will involve the world leaders meeting in Indonesia will be reserved for the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The war, which has lasted for almost nine months, has highlighted among the global emergencies the intertwined ones of

and

security .

The Indonesian presidency of the G20 has incorporated these themes within the

that guide the general setting of the agenda (architecture of

,

,

) and has chosen as its official slogan "

”.

Italy – as the outgoing G20 presidency (last year the summit chaired by Mario Draghi at the Nuvola dell'EUR, in Rome) – will deliver its speeches after the Indonesian presidency.

The objective of the November 15-16 summit is to make progress on the issue of food security, tackling the current global crisis with particular attention to developing countries, to prevent hunger and famine in the most vulnerable countries and support the proper functioning of global food chains.

It will also be necessary to strengthen energy security and pursue the commitments on the climate undertaken at the previous Rome summit in 2021, with the

.

Other areas to focus on will be the adoption of measures aimed at achieving stability, transparency and accessibility of energy markets.

The program of the

that brings together the leaders of the world's major economies will begin in the morning with the reception of the leaders by the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, which will be followed by the first working session (9.30-12.00) on food security and energy .

After lunch, the second session (14.00-15.30) will focus on the topic of global health.

In the afternoon (13.30-15.00) the third session will take place, relating to digital transformation.

Speeches by the Prime Minister are expected in the first two working sessions of the summit.