(ANSA) - TRIESTE, FEB 5 - Strengthening Italy-Germany cooperation on issues such as economy and security, development of the Port of Trieste, strengthening of infrastructure and logistics links, and investments by German companies in Friuli Venezia Giulia were the focus of a meeting Governor Massimiliano Fedriga had in the region with Germany's deputy ambassador to Italy Benjamin Hanna. "It is absolutely strategic for our country and for Friuli Venezia Giulia to intensify relations with Germany at every level," Fedriga said. "An extraordinary opportunity for the growth of our territories is represented by the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (Imec), which canenhance our areas put at risk by trades that aim to exploit Antarctic routes.""We also view with great favor the opening of newairport connections with Germany," the governor added, "Improving relations with our region is a crucial step in being increasingly competitive in sectors such as cutting-edge technologies, energysustainable and industry." During the interview it was mentioned that inFvg some historical German-speaking communities, linguistic islands in the mountainous territory of northern Friuli, Val Canale and Upper Friuli, live and are also protected from a regulatory point of view. (ANSA).