The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, proposed this Friday during a meeting at the White House with the president of the United States, Joe Biden, the creation of a global coalition against human traffickers.
Biden received the head of the Italian Government in the Oval Office briefly singing the song “Georgia On My Mind”, by Ray Charles, as a friendly gesture between them.
At the beginning of the meeting, Meloni made reference to the European migration crisis and highlighted the need to “support Africa's development” to address the root causes that push thousands of people to leave their homes.
But he also called to combat human trafficking, which in his opinion has become “the most profitable criminal financial activity worldwide.”
“We cannot accept it. Not anymore. That is why I came here today with a proposal to launch a global alliance against human trafficking,” he stressed.
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Meloni made these comments a day after Biden and his main rival, former President Donald Trump, separately visited the border with Mexico, given that the immigration issue will also be a central issue in the US elections next November.
During the meeting, Biden and Meloni also demonstrated harmony regarding support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion. and in sending humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
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At the beginning of the meeting, President Biden announced the upcoming airdrop of packages with food and medicine in the Gaza Strip and opened the possibility of opening a maritime corridor to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave.
“The aid that is flowing to Gaza is not enough. There are innocent lives at stake. There are children's lives at stake,” the president said.
After the meeting, Meloni went to the airport without addressing the press to travel to Canada, where he will meet with the country's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.
This tour occurs in the year in which Italy has assumed the annual presidency of the G7, which brings together the large advanced economies, and shortly before the July NATO Summit in Washington.
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During Meloni's mandate, Italy has distanced itself from China, a trade rival of the United States, after having been the only member of the G7 that was part of the Belt and Road Initiative, promoted by Beijing.
Meloni visited Biden at the White House last summer in what was the Italian Prime Minister's first official visit to the White House.
EFE
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