ABDULAZIZ SAID AL-BABTAIN AT MAISON DES ALLIANCES

The President of the Abdulaziz Al Saud-Babtain Foundation, the poet Abdulaziz Al-Saud Babtain, visited the Maison des Alliances where President Capasso offered a lunch in his honor.

After thanking President Michele Capasso for his welcome, he expressed his satisfaction for the noble action given for a quarter of a century to foster dialogue between the Islamic Arab world and the West.
The visit included - among others - Kuwait National Vice President Mubarak Al-Khurainej, Kuwait Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Former Information Minister Sami Al- nisf as well as other guests including former Jordanian Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, former Moroccan finance minister Mohamed Kabbaj, Dr. Mohammed Al-Rumaihi, Dr. Abdelhak Azzouzi and diplomat Abdulwahab Al-Babtain.
The delegation was immediately received at Palazzo San Giacomo by the Mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris.

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ABDULAZIZ SAID APPRECIATE THE WORKS OF MARIO MOLINARI

The President of the Abdulaziz Al Saud-Babtain Foundation, the poet Abdulaziz Al-Saud Babtain, appreciated, during his visit to the Museum of Peace - MAMT, the works of sculptor Mario Molinari and, in particular, the Totem of Peace.
On this occasion, Al-Babtain - after having heartily thanked Pia and Jacopo Molinari expressed the hope that the work could be done soon in Kuwait and in other parts of the world.
The visit included - among others - Kuwait National Vice President Mubarak Al-Khurainej, Kuwait Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Former Information Minister Sami Al- nisf as well as other guests including former Jordanian Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, former Moroccan finance minister Mohamed Kabbaj, Dr. Mohammed Al-Rumaihi, Dr. Abdelhak Azzouzi and diplomat Abdulwahab Al-Babtain.
The delegation was immediately received at Palazzo San Giacomo by the Mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris.

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MUSEUM OF PEACE - MAMT: A CRAFTSMAN GIVES AN ANCIENT CARPET

President Michele Capasso had meetings with craftsmen from the Fes Medina: one of them donated an ancient rare carpet to the Museum.

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MUSEUM OF PEACE - MAMT: THE REALIZATIONS OF YOUNG ARTISTS

President Michele Capasso had meetings with the director of the FES Crafts Center for the realization of a section devoted to the works of young artisans in order to promote the ancient trades.

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MUSEUM OF PEACE - MAMT: AGREEMENT WITH SAID AND ZHARA MARGOUL

President Michele Capasso has signed an agreement with Said and Zhara Margoul, antiques and art and crafts enthusiasts, for the donation of objects and finds for the "Morocco delle emozioni" section of the Museum of Peace - MAMT in Naples.
Objects will arrive in Naples by the end of 2015.

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FORUM OF CIVIL SOCIETY FROM THE THEME: "THE MEDITERRANEAN, ONE OF DIALOGUE SPACE AND SHARED WEALTH CREATION".

At the margins of the meeting of the Foreign Ministers 5 + 5, the Forum of Civil Society was held in Tangier on the theme of "La Méditerranée, an area of ​​dialogue and création de richesses partagées".
For Italy and for the RIDE, the Minster Pl Enrico Granara and a delegation of the RIDE were made up of members of the National Civil Service.
The Forum was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in collaboration with the Anna Lindh Foundation.
The opening ceremony of the Forum was chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Salaheddine Mezouar and marked in particular by the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM), Fathallah Sijilmassi and more than sixty members of the Civil Society Representative of the member countries of the "5 + 5" dialogue: on the north coast of Portugal Spain, France, Italy and Malta and on the southern Mediterranean of Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Algeria and Libya.
The 12th Foreign Ministers meeting in the Western Mediterranean "5 + 5" talks about "Young people, the guarantee of a stable and prosperous Mediterranean".
"With the launch of the civil society segment, it is now possible to say that Dialogue 5 + 5 fully takes on its global and strategic focus," Mezouar said, pointing to the need for civil society to be appropriate of the contemporary themes and issues of the Western Mediterranean, in the sense that the contribution to reflection on the future of this region is "something more" than the great Mediterranean project.
Significant is the presence of UPM head of division for the promotion of women in society, Delphine Borione.
"The cutting of the Forum was essentially the beginning of young people's work through the evolution of the cultural approach to work and risk," said Min. Pl Granara.

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THE MEDITERRANEAN FOUNDATION CELEBRATES SECOND DAY OF MEMORY OF HOSPITALITY

The Fondazione Mediterraneo celebrated the "Second Day of Memory and Reception" dedicated to the memory of dead migrants at sea in Lampedusa on October 3, 2013.
"The wreck of October 3, 2013, which cost life to a" scary "number of migrants has put us" in the face of the shame of an immense massacre that could not be avoided "but which was borne by the people of Lampedusa who "He lent generously the first aid, saving dozens of dozens of shipwrecks."
The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, writes in a message sent to the Mayor of the Island, Giusi Nicolini, on the occasion of the Second Memorial and Reception Day.
"The men of the Harbor Master's Office and the Italian Navy, as has happened on so many occasions, have been proud of professionalism and solidarity to tear other men, women, and children to death. Humanity acts in that and subsequent circumstances are a pride of pride for the whole country, but our conscience - says the Head of State - continues to be questioned by the pain of fleeing refugees, the violence of traffickers of beings human, the epoch-making character of the new migratory flows. "
President Capasso recalled the Foundation's initiatives since 2007 in favor of migrants and deposited a flower wreath in front of the "Totem of Peace with the urn of the Immigrant Ignoto" in the Piazzale Coast Guard of the Port of Naples.

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MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE RIDE

The Executive Committee of the "RIDE - ITALIAN NETWORK FOR THE EUROMEDITERRANEO DIALOGUE ONLY" met in Rome at the headquarters of the European Commission Representation in Italy.
On this occasion were reviewed the points at the ODD and proposed the operational activities for the forthcoming EC meeting.
It is the first meeting of the EC in the new composition elected by the AG of 11.09.2015.

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MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT MATTARELLA IN MERGELLINA

"It was nice to meet President Mattarella on the staircase of the Church of Santa Maria del Parto in Mergellina: my church, where Father Antonio spreads feelings of peace and dialogue for years," said Capasso's commentary shortly after the casual meeting.
President Mattarella is on official visit to Naples for the inauguration of the School Year at Sannino di Ponticelli and for the commemoration of the "Four Days".

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PORT CAPITANNER, DELIVERY OF TRANSFERS BETWEEN BASILE AND FARAON AMOUNTS

At the Circolo Canottieri in Naples, the ceremony of the passage of deliveries between the Admiral Antonio Basile, the Maritime Director of Campania and the Commander of the Naples Port, and the Admiral Arturo Faraone.
Admiral Basile left the command of the Maritime Management of Campania and the port of Naples after about three years to assume the new assignment in Rome, at the General Command of Port Capitals, Head of the 4th Department of Media and Materials of the body.
The ceremony was chaired by the Commander General of the Corps, Admiral Inspector Captain Felicio Angrisano che entertained President Capasso on the ongoing initiatives in favor of migrants.
President Capasso praised Admiral Basile, announcing that the jury of the Mediterranean Award awarded him the "Mediterranean Silver Delfino Award" that will be delivered on 21 October 2015 in Naples.

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