Yesterday in Rome, on the occasion of a working visit to Italy, the Swiss Federal Councillor Albert Rösti, Head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and of communications (DETEC), met the Italian Ministers of Communications Infrastructure and Transport and Environment and Safety energy of Italy, Matteo Salvini and Gilberto Pichetto Fratin. The talks focused on the conclusion of two agreements concerning the Strengthening cross-border rail transport and ensuring of Swiss energy needs.

With Matteo Salvini, Rösti has signed an agreement aimed at to strengthen, among other things, bilateral cooperation in the expansion of rail infrastructure by 2035 to to ensure adequate service capacity. An agreement for further expansion of the rail for traffic Passengers and cargo had already been signed in 2012. The new Document also promotes the further transfer of passengers and goods from road to rail.

During the meeting it was pointed out that for Italy a particularly important measure is the construction of the triple track section between Chiasso and Milan which will further reduce travel times between Zurich and Milan. On the Swiss side, it is planned the extension of the Lötschberg and Zimmerberg, measures that are included in the enlargement phase to 2035.

Salvini recalled how 41% of trains transit every day at the crossings from Switzerland and that this figure is encouraging Because it is proof that investing in infrastructure supports the economy and development of territories. "We are investing - recalled the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport - on the new breakwater of the port of Genoa, in addition to progressively adapt the docks of the port and invest in the Third Giovi railway pass (opening for phases expected from 2024) and carry out other interventions infrastructure aimed at expanding capacity of traffic'. Salvini expressed the hope that, continuing to invest in the Rhine-Alps corridor, the port of Genoa becomes the Switzerland's main commercial port.