(Adnkronos) – By hosting a major conference on Ukraine’s reconstruction next week, Italy wants to signal its solidarity with the war-battered country’s people, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.
“On 10 and 11 July in Rome, a large conference for Ukraine’s reconstruction will take place, attended by dozens of heads of state, public and private companies,” Tajani told the Canale 5 TV channel’s Morning News programme.
“We want to give a sign of closeness to the Ukrainian people,” he said.
The conference will reaffirm business, social inclusion and human capital, the recovery Ukraine’s municipalities and regions, its European Union membership as central themes and will be a “pivotal moment” to boost international cooperation and forge concrete strategies for the country’s recovery and reform, according to the foreign ministry.
