Italy's new centre-left-populist government will focus on the entire African continent, not just countries across the Mediterranean like war-torn Libya, premier Giuseppe Conte told lawmakers on Monday.
"I do not intend to limit my personal commitment to the southern shores of the Mediterranean," Conte said in an address to parliament ahead of a confidence vote - the first test of his new administration sworn in on Thursday.
"I intend to attract maximum attention to Africa, both by further strengthening dialogue at the highest level, and by personally interpreting in Europe the positive role that this continent must be able to play in international relations," Conte stated.
