The June 2 party is back, suspended for two years due to Covid – neighboring Austria – Blog
After two years of Covid, the Republic Day was once again celebrated by Italian diplomatic representations abroad. In Vienna, the 76th anniversary was celebrated jointly by the Italian Embassy in Austria and by the permanent representations at the international organizations based in Vienna and at the OSCE.
Almost two hundred people accepted the invitation, participating yesterday afternoon in an event held for the first time in the garden of the Italian Cultural Institute (the pre-Covid Republic Holidays had always taken place at Palazzo Metternich, seat of the Embassy) .
Ambassador Stefano Beltrame addressed a brief greeting to those present. The diplomat left the anniversary as this year marks the 50th anniversary. Statute of autonomy of South Tyrol and the 30th anniversary of the resolution of the dispute between Italy and Austria with the closure of the so-called “South Tyrolean question” raised before the UN Court. early 1960s. The two anniversaries will be celebrated on 11 June in Bolzano, with the presence of the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, and his Austrian colleague, Alexander Schallenberg. Today – underlined Beltrame – the resolution of the South Tyrolean dispute represents a model in the world that should be inspired by. The ambassador made a clear reference – without mentioning it – to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Subsequently, the permanent representative of Italy to the international organizations of Vienna, Alessandro Cortese, and the permanent representative to the OSCE, Stefano Baldi, took the floor.
The speeches were preceded by the notes of the Austrian national anthem, that of the European Union (Beethoven’s Ode to Joy) and the Italian national anthem.
IN THE PHOTO, the speech by Ambassador Stefano Beltrame, yesterday, at the Republic Day in the garden of the Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna.
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