WEBVTT 00:01.100 --> 00:03.211 Well , good morning everyone . Uh And 00:03.211 --> 00:05.378 it's a pleasure to be here with all of 00:05.378 --> 00:07.489 our colleagues from the G7 , which is 00:07.489 --> 00:09.378 really the essential coordinating 00:09.378 --> 00:11.267 committee for the world's leading 00:11.267 --> 00:13.489 democracies . Um We have an opportunity 00:13.489 --> 00:15.489 today to follow up on the very good 00:15.489 --> 00:17.656 work that our leaders did . Uh CIA and 00:17.656 --> 00:19.767 I want to thank again , my friend and 00:19.767 --> 00:22.520 our uh chair uh Antonio Tajani for the 00:22.530 --> 00:24.641 uh remarkable work that Italy did and 00:24.641 --> 00:26.863 it continues to do in leading the G7 uh 00:26.863 --> 00:29.030 this year . Um I think you see through 00:29.030 --> 00:31.540 the G7 Extraordinary Collaboration and 00:31.549 --> 00:34.200 co ordination on the critical issues of 00:34.209 --> 00:36.860 our time , including of course Russia's 00:36.869 --> 00:39.159 aggression against Ukraine , the 00:39.169 --> 00:41.280 ongoing challenges in the Middle East 00:41.280 --> 00:43.169 and all the work that we're doing 00:43.169 --> 00:45.240 together in the Indo Pacific 00:46.950 --> 00:49.520 G7 strongly complements the work that's 00:49.529 --> 00:51.751 being done here at NATO . We had a very 00:51.751 --> 00:54.470 good day yesterday with the first day 00:54.479 --> 00:57.430 of our summit , not only celebrating 75 00:57.439 --> 00:59.161 years of the alliance , but in 00:59.161 --> 01:01.217 particular , putting the alliance in 01:01.217 --> 01:03.400 strong shape for the next 75 years , 01:03.409 --> 01:05.900 including the many issues that we face 01:05.910 --> 01:09.349 today . The summit declaration came out 01:09.360 --> 01:11.629 yesterday shows strong convergence 01:11.639 --> 01:13.720 among all NATO members including of 01:13.730 --> 01:17.410 course G7 members on dealing 01:17.419 --> 01:19.641 effectively with the Russian aggression 01:19.641 --> 01:21.808 against Ukraine on dealing effectively 01:21.808 --> 01:24.030 with other challenges to our alliance , 01:24.030 --> 01:27.089 including those coming from the Indo 01:27.190 --> 01:29.190 Pacific region and in particular as 01:29.190 --> 01:31.357 well , the important partnerships that 01:31.357 --> 01:33.301 we have , we're developing , we're 01:33.301 --> 01:35.523 strengthening with partners from beyond 01:35.523 --> 01:37.690 the NATO alliance . But I look forward 01:37.690 --> 01:39.857 to the conversation today and the work 01:39.857 --> 01:41.968 that the G7 in particular is doing to 01:41.968 --> 01:44.079 advance all of these issues . Antonio 01:44.079 --> 01:46.190 again , thank you for your leadership 01:46.190 --> 01:48.412 and over to you . Thank you very much , 01:48.412 --> 01:50.634 Tony . Good morning , everybody . Thank 01:50.634 --> 01:50.239 you for hosting us in this beautiful 01:50.250 --> 01:52.739 town in Washington . We are very happy . 01:52.750 --> 01:56.180 First of all , I want to 01:56.190 --> 01:59.099 welcome David . It's a new member of 01:59.110 --> 02:02.069 this family . Congratulations for your 02:02.080 --> 02:03.524 victory in the election . 02:03.524 --> 02:05.302 Congratulations . Maybe we work 02:05.302 --> 02:07.669 together in the the next years for 02:07.680 --> 02:09.624 strengthening the cooper operation 02:09.624 --> 02:12.860 between the G7 countries . It is 02:12.869 --> 02:16.580 important for us , the unity of this G7 02:16.589 --> 02:19.289 for defense , rule of law , 02:19.520 --> 02:22.070 democracy and freedom in the world . 02:22.300 --> 02:25.350 Today , we will debate on one of the 02:25.360 --> 02:27.710 most important points for us is the 02:27.720 --> 02:29.831 Middle East . We are working hard for 02:29.831 --> 02:32.759 peace for the stability . Of course , 02:32.770 --> 02:35.669 our engagement in defense of Ukraine is 02:35.679 --> 02:39.229 the other priority . Maybe 02:39.289 --> 02:43.009 back Zelensky and Ukraine , we will 02:43.020 --> 02:46.330 support Ukraine . We won't achieve 02:46.339 --> 02:48.395 peace , but peace without justice is 02:48.395 --> 02:51.610 not peace in the Middle East . We need 02:51.619 --> 02:54.630 to work hard together . I want to thank 02:54.639 --> 02:56.970 you for your engagement . I think the 02:56.979 --> 03:00.589 clear message to Russia and to the 03:00.600 --> 03:02.970 other Councils for Peace is our unity , 03:03.070 --> 03:05.610 the unit of G7 . Of course , we want to 03:05.619 --> 03:09.240 talk with the others . We want to , to 03:09.250 --> 03:11.589 open the door . But we , we need to 03:11.600 --> 03:13.470 enlarge the dialogue with other 03:13.479 --> 03:15.979 countries . In the next seven , we will 03:15.990 --> 03:18.380 have many guests . But I think our 03:18.389 --> 03:20.960 unity is crucial if we want to pay the 03:20.970 --> 03:24.520 way for peace and defense of our values . 03:24.529 --> 03:26.789 Because this seven is not only 03:26.800 --> 03:29.589 political organization is also uh 03:30.940 --> 03:33.529 the House of Democracy . For this we 03:33.539 --> 03:36.320 brought together also today during this 03:36.330 --> 03:38.850 short meeting focused on Middle East 03:38.860 --> 03:40.720 Festival . Thank you very much .