A The Italian ruler’s position is contained in an interview with Guido Crosetto in the daily newspaper ‘Corriere dela Sera’, published today.
“I don’t judge the President of a friendly country like France, but I don’t understand the purpose and usefulness of these statements, which objectively increase tension,” said the minister.
Crosetto reaffirmed that Italy’s position does not change and that, although it has always defended the need to help Ukraine, “direct intervention by the Italian military in the conflict has been excluded”.
“Ukraine must be helped to avoid an extension of the conflict, but all forms of dialogue must be sought, starting to weave the diplomatic network”, stated the official.
The Italian Minister of Defense also recalled that in Italy there is an “explicit prohibition on direct military interventions outside the provisions of the laws and the Constitution”, and that the country can only carry out “armed interventions under an international mandate, for example in application of a resolution of the UN”.
“All countries can do something more in terms of aid, but above all we must believe and insist on diplomacy. We must do everything to reach a truce: even if the result is a day without bombings, because they can become two , three four [dias]”, he stressed.
Thursday, in an interview published in the British weekly The Economist, Macron reaffirmed the possibility of sending Western ground troops to Ukraine in the event that Russia “breaks through the front lines” and Kiev requests such support.
“If the Russians cross the front line, if there is a Ukrainian request – which is not the case currently – we should legitimately raise the question,” said the French President.
“Delete [o cenário] ‘a priori’ would be not learning the lessons of the last two years”, when NATO countries initially ruled out sending tanks and planes to Ukraine, before changing their minds, Macron maintained.
Regarding the situation in Israel and the war in Gaza, he assured that Italy is “a friendly country”, but that it has also “been very tough” with the Israeli government and that it is working “openly for a truce and for people not to be killed more innocent.”
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