Giorgia Meloni’s two-day trip to the Persian Gulf, which included stops in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, came to an end on Saturday. On Friday, she traveled to Saudi Arabia for meetings over the region’s security and energy supplies, which were impeded by the partial closing of the Strait of Hormuz.
Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, welcomed the Prime Minister to Doha and they spoke about the ongoing diplomatic efforts to put an end to the Middle East conflict. Due to the damage the Emirate sustained during Iranian attacks, Italy, like other nations, recently experienced a cutoff in gas deliveries.
Meloni called for immediate collaboration to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and pledged Italy’s willingness to restore the regional energy infrastructure. Joint investments in security and defense, key infrastructure, and the control of migrant phenomena in the Mediterranean routes were among the other themes discussed at the discussions.
Meloni thanked President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan “for the support received in the repatriation operations of tourists in transit and of the thousands of Italian citizens present in the Emirates at the beginning of the conflict” and conveyed Italy’s “strong closeness to a friendly nation, victim of continuous attacks by Iran” during the final stop of the surprise tour in the Gulf.
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