Russia's more-than-three-month-old war in Ukraine cannot cancel other crises around the world - from the Middle East to the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan, Italy's deputy foreign minister Marina Sereni said on Tuesday.
''We've reached over 100 days of war (in Ukraine) and we are aware that it is a priority on the international agenda," Sereni said.
"But we all know at the same time that this crisis has not erased all others, from Iraq, to the Sahel, to the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan," Sereni stated.
Sereni was speaking at a press conference at the foreign ministry in Rome to unveil the National Development Cooperation Conference, COOPERA 2022, taking place on 23-24 June.
'The COOPERA 2022 conference presents an opportunity to re-launch Italy's efforts to tackle these global challenges together, which are also causing the current food crisis, Sereni said.
"None of these crises can be dealt with without cooperation between nations," Sereni underlined.
