Focus on energy, defense, telecommunications and management of migratory flows. Meloni and Erdogan express full harmony on the Mediterranean, Ukraine and economic cooperation, with the aim of strengthening bilateral relationships and the role in the Euro-Mediterranean area.
Italy and Türkiye strengthen their bonds. To confirm it, it was the fourth interministerial summit, held today in Rome, between the two countries. On the occasion, various commercial agreements have been signed, with particular attention to the energy and defense sectors. On the other hand, we remember that, last December, Piaggio Aerospace was acquired by the Turkish Baykar. In the joint press conference following their meeting, Giorgia Meloni And Recep Tayyip Erdogan They expressed a remarkable harmony.
“I am very happy to have welcomed the president Erdogan and his ministers in Rome”, Our premier said, and then adds: “Our works were very productive, they are particularly satisfied with the results we have achieved. The joint declaration that we have adopted confirmation of the solidity of the relationships between our nations”. “Italy”, he specified, “is the first commercial partner of Türkiye in the Mediterranean area”. “We have exceeded five years in advance the objective of the Etrse Mario of 30 billion dollars set on the occasion of the last intergovernmental summit,” added Meloni. “Now we have set a new goal, namely that in the medium term the exchange reaches 40 billion dollars. It requires a lot of work but both can count on the dynamism of our companies”, he continued, underlining that he has also discussed with Erdogan of Libya and Ukraine.
“Italy reiterates full support for the efforts of President Trump to get to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine”, Meloni said, “I think the meeting in St. Peter between the President of the United States and the Ukrainian one has had a huge meaning. We all nourish the hope that it will represent a turning point”. The tenant of Palazzo Chigi also showed that with “the agreement between Tim Sparkle and Turkcell to connect Turkey to Italy and the European ecosystem of telecommunications, we will create a cutting -edge ridge about 4,000 kilometers long that will cross the Mediterranean and improve the connectivity between Europe, the Middle East and the Asia”.
“We strengthen energy collaboration: a context in which we are already strategic partnersin particular for the supply of natural gas through the Tap “, continued Meloni, and then continues:” We intend to deepen this area of cooperation, to seize the opportunities that can come in perspective both for renewables and for hydrogen. We also consolidate our cooperation in the field of space, in infrastructure development and in transport starting from high railway speed, in the enhancement of our cultural and archaeological wealth, and in sport “.” We have also touched other points of interest, starting from cooperation in the migratory field, which is working very well and which has led in these years to the substantial reset of the departures of irregular immigrants from the Turkish coasts. For this I thank the president Erdogan and his ministers, “continued the tenant of Palazzo Chigi.
“We will continue to strengthen our cooperation with Italy, which has already made significant progress in the field of defense industry with new partnerships and projects. We are ready to work on energy projects in the Mediterranean region. We will continue to collaborate with Italy in the fight against irregular immigration, “the Turkish president said for his part.” We find harmony on important issues such as the safety of Europe and the Mediterranean and the safeguarding of the transatlantic bond. I believe that in addition to the intense historical ties between our two countries, the courageous and determined approach of President Meloni on many issues has also had an important role in this cohesion, “added Erdogan, who invited both Meloni and Sergio Mattarella to Turkey.
Beyond economic relations, the strengthening of the links with Ankara is functional to the Mediterranean policy of the current Italian government. Not only that. Turkey, like Italy, is a NATO member country and aims to play a political role of weight in diplomacy relating to the Ukrainian crisis. The activism of Rome in the Mediterranean area cannot be split from the consolidation of transatlantic relationships.
