Roma caput mundi. Over three days, the Italian capital is that of the diplomatic world on the occasion of Antony Blinken’s visit. The US Secretary of State is participating this Tuesday in the G20 of foreign ministers chaired by Italy. But the high point of his presence in Rome took place on Monday, on the occasion of the anti-Daesh meeting. Created in 2014 with more than 80 countries and led by the United States, the international coalition against the Islamic State organization welcomed the successes achieved while recognizing that if Daesh was defeated, it was not completely eradicated.
Antony Blinken demands that his allies repatriate their nationals arrested abroad after fighting with the Islamic State group, believing that they could not be detained indefinitely in Syria. Some 10,000 suspected fighters are held there by Kurdish fighters allied with the West. ” This situation is simply untenable. It cannot persist indefinitely, said Antony Blinken. The United States continues to urge countries – including coalition partners – at repatriate, rehabilitate and, where appropriate, prosecute their citizens “. An appeal already launched by the Trump administration to which France and Great Britain are resistant.
The humanitarian issue in Syria
Emphasis was also placed on “ the importance of responding to humanitarian needs In Syria. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are detaining more than 63,000 wives and children of suspected ISIS fighters from more than 60 countries in two camps surrounded by barbed wire.
Chinese dossier weighs on Italian-American relations
« This summit and the G20 meeting mark the return of Italy to the front of the diplomatic scene »Welcomed Luigi di Maio who insisted on the perfect understanding between Italians and Americans. ” It is above all a perfect agreement between the new Democratic Administration and Mario Draghi, says geopolitician Germano Dottori. It was Barack Obama who supported Angela Merkel’s nomination as President of the ECB. The immense notoriety of Draghi and its networks which transcend the narrow ones of Italy compensate for the structural weaknesses of transalpine diplomacy. But some delicate issues remain, such as the very close positions of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. »
Twenty-nine contracts and memoranda of understanding were signed in 2019 following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Italy. The peninsula thus became the only G7 country to join the “new Silk Roads” project promoted by Beijing. A rapprochement that is not to the taste of the US State Department.
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