Meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met today with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, in the margins of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis. The meeting focused on the UN80 initiative to reform the United Nations system and enhance its efficiency, as well as on Italy’s role within the Organisation, with particular reference to the UNIFIL mission and Italy’s co-presidency, together with Ethiopia, of the next Food Systems Summit to be held in Addis Ababa on 28-29 July.

President Meloni also shared with the Secretary-General the need to continue working to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, to stop the fighting and allow humanitarian aid to enter the Strip.