"Places and people, nations and lands, the planet and humanity. These aim to be the faces of the proposal that Rome and Italy develop for the 2030 Expo. Rome, a city that has made inclusion one of its defining characteristics over the centuries." So said President Sergio Mattarella in a video that launched yesterday's theme Forum "People and Territories" in Paris, in support of Rome's bid for Expo 2030. "A place that has been able to promote civilization, hospitality, and dialogue with the many cultures that have enriched its identity over millennia," Mattarella remarked. - A nation, a city, and a territory that have been able to build hospitality, innovate, and constantly regenerate the urban fabric of what historians refer to as the Eternal City. An adventure of women, men, rulers and commoners, faiths and peoples, written in what is a precious memory for humanity." "At the beginning of the third millennium, Rome offers its history and the vicissitudes that have accompanied it as a platform for encounter and exchange to reflect on the challenges facing humanity and the responses that can improve the lives of the billions of people who inhabit the planet. Expo, with the presence of many countries and a large number of visitors, has a message above all: get to know each other, raise ambition and awareness of the duty to progress together, explore the values shared by individuals and nations, and develop rules of coexistence capable of respecting the dignity of everyone, in every latitude - concluded Mattarella. - Investigate how education, research, and the advancement of modern technologies might contribute to this goal once more. Do not take for granted glittering high-tech showcases or conventional representative exhibitions of lush places on the planet, but rather places and people who meet to establish networks of relationship and sharing, paying special attention to young people and those living in marginalized conditions".
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