According to Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, Vladimir Putin does not want to expand the war with Ukraine to other countries. This is how he commented on Saturday the Russian leader's threats against the West. The meeting of the heads of diplomacy of the G7 countries will begin on Monday in Italy. The war in Ukraine is to be one of the main topics.
– There is always cause for concern when dealing with someone who has decided to cross the borders of a sovereign state with tanks and troops – said the head of the Italian Ministry of Defense, Guido Crosetto, in Naples.
He added that he saw no reasons and preferred it Russia to expand the conflict. – I think (however) that Putin has no interest or will to expand the war to other countries – he said.
Crosetto considered the assistance provided to Russia by 10,000 people to be a very serious fact. soldiers from North Korea.
Guido Crosetto Pierre Teyssot/Shutterstock
The Italian government supports a “just peace that does not mean the surrender of Ukraine”
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani he emphasized during a conversation with journalists in Padua that the Italian government “supports a just peace that does not mean the capitulation of Ukraine.”
– You must always keep the door of dialogue open. We, Europeans, will work together with the Americans to achieve this goal, declared the head of Italian diplomacy.
Tajani pointed out that war in Ukraine will be one of the topics of discussion during the two-day meeting of the heads of diplomacy of the G7 countries. They will start on Monday in Fiuggi in the capital region of Lazio.
The head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a joint search for solutions. – We will meet there to look for common solutions, always talking with the United States – he emphasized.
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