Saving lives at sea is a condition
for peace, President Sergio Mattarella told navy top brass on
the Italian navy's anniversary Thursday.
"Guaranteeing freedom of navigation, safeguarding human life at
sea, and the security of coasts, constitute an essential
framework for the development of international relations and are
conditions for maintaining peace among peoples," he said in a
message to the navy chiefs of staff.
Mattarella added that the support of the navy during the COVID
pandemic had been "precious".
He said "in these difficult months of pandemic the support
supplied by the Navy for the national health system has been
precious, and has contributed in a significant way, together
with its sister armed forces, to address the grave health
emergency," he said.
Mattarella also recalled Giacomo Matteotti as an example of how
to "take care of the Republic" on the 97th anniversary of the
Socialist Senator's murder by Fascist thugs.
Mattarella made his comments in a message to Navy Chief of Staff
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone on Nay Day.
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