We've never had it so good. Without exaggeration, Italian President Sergio Mattarella’s state visit to the UAE is the culmination of an extraordinary and unprecedented phase in Emirati-Italian relations.
The past 12 months have witnessed the security order of Europe, the Middle East and Africa come under huge pressure. In a world riven by conflicts, crises and economic uncertainty, the strategic partnership between the two countries conveys the opposite, and reassuring, message of predictability, stability and unity.
The first state visit by an Italian president to the UAE, after the first state visit by an Emirati president to Italy, last year, is therefore not just a historic event. It shows that, even in the most uncertain and fragile circumstances, institutions, people, companies and universities can benefit from a bilateral relationship
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