(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAR 15 - Sergio Mattarella, the Italian President of the Republic, stated in Gorizia while accepting the Santi Ilario and Taziano prize, "It is to the citizens of these lands that we owe the success of this path: mature society, grown in democracy, with effective antibodies compared to flattering of sterile and dangerous nationalisms that have caused many serious damage." "I am extremely pleased to have the opportunity to share this prize with Borut Pahor, and, above all, to share a trait of walking in the commitment to friendship between our two countries," he noted. "The experiences we have encountered are not only a civic and institutional obligation to our respective peoples, but also a dutiful responsibility for the establishment of a peaceful future for our continent. The dangerous alternative to this project, Italy, Europe known in all its drama," Mattarella added. (ANSA).