When I was revealed early in the year that I was the only European leader to invite him to attend his swearing -in, analyzes on what this would mean for Italy’s position in the EU and the role it would play in Europe, and they were giving and taking.
The months have rolled, developments went on and the special relationship between Trump and Meloni, from time to time, came to the surface.
This is exactly what this two days happened once again, as Georgia Meloni visited a surprise first to Tunisia and then went to Constantinople for talks with Tayyip Erdogan and a trilateral meeting with Turkish leader and Turkey’s leader.
Boulos’ tour laid the ground for Melon
The “complementary” nature of Meloni visits to the US movements in the region has raised questions in both Tunisia and Italy, not unjustly. The visit to Tunisia came a few days after the country was visited by Donald Trump’s adviser to American businessman Masand Boulos.
Boulos’ visit, who was missing to promote US policy in the region to dismantle the Iranian influence on the country’s government, did not go very well.
During his meeting with Tunisian President Kais Said, Boulos – Donald Trump’s gathering – was forced to examine photos of starvation in Gaza, while the Tunisian president said: “I think you know these images very well. A child who cries and eats sand in occupied Palestine. This is something unacceptable. It is a crime against humanity. ” Whether Boulos managed to offer something or get something from his visit to Tunisia was not known, but the gap hastened to fill the Italian prime minister.
Giorgia Meloni met yesterday with Tunisian President, Kais Said, in Tunis, to discuss the ambitious “Matthew Plan” and how to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. The talks, held at the Tunisian Presidential Palace, focused on economic growth, diversification of energy sources and limiting illegal immigration.
The Matthew Plan, named after Enrico Matei, founder of the Italian state -owned ENI energy company, is Rome’s key strategy to promote sustainable development in Africa.
The initiative aims to reduce migratory pressures by creating jobs, improving infrastructure and establishing a “non -aggressive” partnership between Europe and Africa, as Meloni describes it.
The main areas targeted by the project include education, health care, water supply and sewer, agriculture and energy infrastructure.
American deals with Libya and Italian aroma
Boulos’ tour last week at Magreb also included stops in Libya. There, Donald Trump’s envoy had some successes. In addition to the proposal he received from Dbamba for a financial cooperation with the US $ 70 billion, he attended the signature of two new platforms and storage spaces, from Hill International, on an Italian ENI project with the NO NO NO NO NO.
According to what was known, the co -operation discussed between Boulos and Dbabba includes “projects ready to be implemented in the fields of energy, minerals, electricity, infrastructure and telecommunications, which will allow organized and immediate American investment entry”.
According to an Anadolu report, “the two sides also discussed oil developments, in particular the opportunities in new offshore and land plots, as well as continuing efforts to enhance transparency and achieve sustainable returns within a stable energy framework.” Boulos, however, did not stop in Tripoli, but then visited Benghazi, where he met with General Khalifa Haftar, whose people control the second government of divisive Libya.
The trilateral in Istanbul with Melon
Her visits are particularly sympathetic to Trump, Meloni, in Tunisia and today to Constantinople, where she meets the other great “player” in Libya, Tayyip Erdogan, and Dbamba, so come with the above. Visits typically relate to immigration, but also wars in both Africa and the Middle East, which give birth to huge flow of refugees.
But with US movements and Washington’s renewed interest in the wider area of North Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, it is certain that discussions in Constantinople do not simply concern security issues.
Developments should be particularly upset in Athens, as Turkish influence in Libya and the wider region is reinforced, while increasing the level of cooperation, both with the US and Italy.
The above are not simple estimates. In the relevant press release issued by the Press Office of the Libyan National Agreement (GNA) Government, the Summit in Constantinople: “It will deal with strategic issues of common interest, especially economic cooperation and development in the Mediterranean region, the strengthening of its cooperatives and its cooperation and cooperation. The Council is part of the continued coordination between Libya, Turkey and Italy, with the aim of promoting common approaches that serve the interests of the peoples of the region and contribute to supporting stability and international cooperation. “
Reactions from the opposition in Greece
Already what is happening in Constantinople did not remain involved in the opposition of our country.
SYRIZA-PS spoke of “a new diplomatic defeat for the internationally marginalized Mitsotakis government” moving “in the doctrine of the” given ally “, without hesitating to detach its geopolitical footprint”.
At the same time, the Democracy Movement noted, inter alia, that “the foreign policy of communication fireworks, photographs at the meeting and” close friends “that ultimately support Ankara is collapsing with a stroke. The price is heavy for the geopolitical position and power of the country “and therefore” Greece does not need governments that invest in illusion.
