RRome, 10 December. (askanews) – “I want to share with you some news that fills us with pride. Today UNESCO has recognized Italian cuisine as a World Heritage Site. We are the first in the world to obtain this recognitionwhich honors who we are and our identity. Because for us Italians, cooking is not just food or a set of recipes. It is much more: it is culture, tradition, work, wealth”. Thus Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in a video message.
Giorgia Meloni: «Italian cuisine is a UNESCO heritage site: the record makes us proud»
“Our cuisine comes from agricultural supply chains that combine quality and sustainability. It preserves a thousand-year-old heritage that is handed down from generation to generation. It grows in the excellence of our producers and is transformed into a masterpiece in the mastery of our chefs. And it is presented by our restaurateurs with their extraordinary teams. It is a record that makes us proud, and gives us a formidable tool to enhance our products even more and protect them with greater effectiveness from imitations and unfair competition. Already today we export 70 billion euros of agri-food, and we are the first economy in Europe for added value of agriculture. This recognition will give the Italian system a decisive impulse to reach new goals”, underlines Meloni.
It is our culture, our identity, our lifestyle
“The Government – he claims – believed in this challenge from the beginning and did its part to achieve this result, and first of all I thank Ministers Lollobrigida and Giuli for following the dossier. But it is a game that we did not play alone. We won this challenge together with the Italian people, together with our compatriots abroad, together with all those in the world who love our culture, our identity and our lifestyle”.
“Today – he concludes – we celebrate a victory for Italy. The victory of an extraordinary nation who, when she believes in herself and is aware of what she is capable of doing, has no rivals and can amaze the world. Long live Italian cuisine! Long live Italy!”.
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