{"id":6444,"date":"2026-03-11T14:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:34:51","slug":"colloquio-telefonico-tra-il-vice-presidente-del-consiglio-e-ministro-degli-affari-esteri-antonio-tajani-e-il-ministro-degli-esteri-del-governo-indiano-s-jaishankar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2026\/03\/colloquio-telefonico-tra-il-vice-presidente-del-consiglio-e-ministro-degli-affari-esteri-antonio-tajani-e-il-ministro-degli-esteri-del-governo-indiano-s-jaishankar\/","title":{"rendered":"Phone call between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"361\">On 9 March, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Antonio Tajani<\/span><\/span> held a phone call with India\u2019s Minister of External Affairs <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Subrahmanyam Jaishankar<\/span><\/span> to discuss developments in the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Persian Gulf<\/span><\/span> and across the wider <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Middle East<\/span><\/span> region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"363\" data-end=\"1000\">\u201cEurope and India are strategic partners: the partial blockage of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Strait of Hormuz<\/span><\/span> represents a serious risk for the energy security and economic stability of our countries. We shared strong concern about the strategic implications and about the protection of our citizens present in the area. In this context, we intend to coordinate our actions to promote an immediate de-escalation, ensure freedom of navigation and preserve the stability of international markets \u2014 elements that are also essential for the full implementation of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">EU\u2013India Free Trade Agreement<\/span><\/span>,\u201d Minister Tajani stated.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1587\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The ongoing crisis, the Deputy Prime Minister added, confirms how crucial it is to strengthen investments in new infrastructure and secure routes, of which the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">India\u2013Middle East\u2013Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)<\/span><\/span> is a clear example. In this regard, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Italy<\/span><\/span> will host a political and economic initiative dedicated to IMEC on 17 March in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Trieste<\/span><\/span>, with the aim of strengthening Indo-Mediterranean trade, digital and energy connections and building together an economic space that will benefit businesses and economic operators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On 9 March, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani held a phone call with India\u2019s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to discuss developments in the Persian Gulf and across the wider Middle East region. \u201cEurope and India are strategic partners: the partial blockage of the Strait of Hormuz represents [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6454,"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444\/revisions\/6454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambnewdelhi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}