«First of all, I want to thank the military, the diplomats and all the aid workers who have been in Herat, Kabul and throughout Afghanistan for 20 years. I address a message of sincere affection to the families of our 54 fallen, Italy has lost 54 soldiers and there have been about 700 wounded. I want to tell their families that their sacrifice was not going, they defended the values for which they were sent, they defended the fundamental freedoms and rights of women, they did good “. Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this when interviewed by Tg1.
«Will Europe be up to the challenge of managing the new situation after the withdrawal of the allies from Afghanistan? “Yes, it will be”. The prime minister thus replies to the reporter in the interview granted to the news. “We spoke this morning with Chancellor Merkel. We mainly talked – said Draghi – about the evacuation operations of Kabul Airport, but we have begun to outline what will be the fundamental lines of cooperation at the European level. We are all aware that cooperation is absolutely necessary in order to face two objectives: hospitality and security. Welcoming all those who have us helped in Afghanistan in recent years and their families, those who are called the ‘collaborators’. But also the welcome of all those who have exposed themselves in recent years for the defense of fundamental freedoms, civil rights, rights of women. This is a complex plan, it requires close cooperation between all the countries but above all, above all, between the European ones. to security, where we will have to prevent terrorist infiltrations ».