Sometimes the irony of fate plays strange tricks. The first and most important diplomatic appointment of the new Monti government falls on Claudio Bisogniero, 57, from Rome, one of the brightest diplomats of the new generation and currently assistant secretary general of NATO in Brussels, who will be the new Italian ambassador in Washington to replace the new Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi.
Bisogniero is the son of Riccardo, who as general commander of the Carabinieri was the protagonist of the anti-US crisis in Sigonella wanted by the then Prime Minister Bettino Craxi. In October 1985, at the head of the armored vehicles of the Arma, Riccardo Bisogniero, on Craxi's orders, prevented the American Delta Force aircraft from unilaterally using the Sicilian base as envisaged in the Reagan plan after the arrest of the Achille Lauro terrorists . The designation of Claudio Bisogniero, who is now awaiting the approval of the White House and which was strongly desired by Monti, Napolitano and Terzi, is part of the logic of consolidating and improving relations between Italy and the USA and in particular between Napolitano and Obama , after the repeated gaffes of Silvio Berlusconi which did not fail to irritate the White House. The Washington embassy is the most important diplomatic seat and is worth rewarding one of the most esteemed ambassadors of the new Italian diplomatic generation.
