Securitatea europeană pe agenda întâlnirilor bilaterale româno-italiene în perioada 1966—1975. Conferinţa de la Helsinki
European Security on the Agenda of Romanian-Italian Bilateral Meetings between 1966 and 1975. The Helsinki Conference

Summary/Abstract: European security was one of the most frequently addressed issues by Romanian and Italian representatives during the official visits between 1966 and 1975. They consulted on many aspects of this objective in the preparation phase of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, both sides promoting a policy of peace and sharing common positions on East West détente. However, for Romania, ensuring the security of the entire continent was a defining element in terms of foreign policy, and one of the solutions was considered the dissolution of the blocs. In the first phase, Italian diplomats were skeptical about the conference and they later saw it as a balance of power. The current research aims to identify, from a comparative perspective, the position of the two states on this subject, analyzing the results of the Helsinki Conference and their impact on the evolution of Romanian Italian relations. The novelty of this approach consists in the analysis of the Italian and Romanian archival documents, specific to the analyzed period.

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