National Carabinieri Association section in Singapore dedicated to Iacovacci

(ANSA) - ROMA, 20 FEB - The Singapore section of the National Carabinieri Association (ANC) has been named in memory of Carabiniere Scelto Vittorio Iacovacci, Gold Medal for Military Valor, who fell in service on February 22, 2021, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, together with Ambassador Luca Attanasio. It is the first ANC section in the world dedicated to Iacovacci, the first established within an Italian diplomatic mission, and the first in Asia, testifying to the strong link between the diplomatic network and the Carabinieri in the presence of the state abroad. The inauguration coincided with the fifth anniversary of the tragic deaths of Iacovacci, Attanasio, and World Food Programme driver Mustafa Milambo. On this occasion, the Italian ambassador to Singapore, Dante Brandi, recalled the words of Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on the meaning of service to the state in Italy and around the world, supported every day by women and men who embody courage and dedication, defining the establishment of the Section as "an act of memory and responsibility, which testifies to how the values of duty and solidarity continue to live on even far from Italy." The Singapore Section of the ANC, chaired by auxiliary Carabiniere Claudio Bazzani, already has fourteen members. Read article...

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