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The Fondazione Mediterraneo - protagonist of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership born with the Barcelona Process on 28 November 1995 - celebrated in various countries - in Italy in Naples and Rome - the Day of the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean Day is celebrated on 28 November with the aim of promoting a common Mediterranean identity, fostering intercultural exchanges and embracing the diversity of the region. It was also established to give greater visibility to the daily efforts of organisations and citizens to strengthen cooperation and integration in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
Mediterranean Day takes place on the anniversary of the Barcelona Process held in 1995, which marked the beginning of a shared commitment by Euro-Mediterranean countries to transform the region into a common space of peace, stability, socio-economic progress and dialogue among peoples, also leading to the establishment of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in 2008. Mediterranean Day is celebrated in the countries of the Mediterranean basin, including the Member States of the European Union.

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The Ambassador of Afghanistan in Italy Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, welcomed by the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso, visited the Museum of Peace - MAMT expressing great appreciation for a unique initiative.
Ambassador Zekriya thanked President Capasso and the Fondazione Mediterraneo for their constant action for dialogue and peace and for the aid given to the Afghan population even at this difficult time.

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron signed the "Treaty for Enhanced Bilateral Cooperation" at the Quirinale, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and the Italian and French delegations. At the end of the ceremony, President Draghi and President Macron made joint statements to the press at Villa Madama.
President Michele Capasso stressed that this treaty is a first significant step towards the United States of the World. Responding to journalists, he said:
"Usually diplomats deal with treaties and they are often drafted as if they were a photocopy of each other. The Italy-France treaty, on the other hand, should be known because it is peculiar, it goes beyond the interests of diplomacy and concerns everyone. In essence, it involves the general interest of the two Countries and, in general, of Europe. Country. The "Treaty of the Quirinale" may affect the history of relations between Italy and France and the very future of Europe. Italy and France, two countries so close but often so far apart. This "Treaty" takes the path of integration in the most important sectors of a country's life: from security to technological innovation, from justice to the economy, from education to social and sustainable development, even in the extremely delicate sector of agriculture, in which Italy and France have often been in competition. But the added value is that this treaty is not closed, i.e. 'bilateral', as we say in diplomatic jargon. Instead, it is open to Europe and aims, mind you, not at defending the current intergovernmental, i.e. federal, structure, but at building a Europe that is finally federal, the one that young people dream of, the one we need, the one that the dramatic challenges of globalisation in the time of the pandemic require of us: the "United States of Europe" and the "United States of the World".

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The international meeting on "Twenty years after 11 September, Afghanistan between regime change and transformations of the international system" was held at the headquarters of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Museum of Peace. Speakers included the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Italy Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso and Roberto Paura of the Italian Institute for the Future.
On this occasion, the various problems facing Afghanistan and possible solutions were analysed.
President Michele Capasso recalled the Foundation's many initiatives in favour of Afghanistan since 1990 and the need to reach out to the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD to bring the case of Afghanistan to due attention.
Ambassador Zekriya thanked President Capasso and the Fondazione Mediterraneo for their constant action in favour of dialogue and peace and for their aid to the Afghan people even at this difficult time.

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After a presentation by the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso, the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Italy, Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, joined the project of the United States of the World that the Fondazione Mediterraneo - based on an intuition of Gustavo Rol - is carrying out with the adhesion of many countries.

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