ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “Thanks to the sense of the duty of our Armed Forces, Italy brings to the world the pride of being a nation based on a foreign policy of building peace, dialogue, and growth, always putting the person in the center.” Antonio Tajani, Vice-Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, said this during the hearing in the joint foreign commissions and defense of Chamber and Senate. “I confirm that we are following, closely, from the very beginning, the situation of our two compatriots held in Benghazi,” said Tajani, “there are ongoing interlocutions.”.
“At the weekend, the Gulf crisis in Lebanon crossed a difficult bend after Iran launched a series of missiles to Israel again, causing Tel Aviv’s response. We hope that the logic of descalation is consolidated, we monitor, minute by minute, both from the point of view of crisis scenarios, and for the safety of our compatriots. This is why I immediately met the unity of crisis of the ministry, our ambassadors in the region. for an operational update,” said the vicepremier.
“The negotiations between the United States and Iran, mediated by Pakistan, must continue, are difficult negotiations, the space for diplomacy, despite everything, still exists and goes through to the bottom. The government works to support this channel of dialogue and to foster an agreement in the shortest possible time,” added Tajani “it was absolutely unfair to the possibility of Iran to possess an atomic weapon and to ensure full restoration of freedom of navigation in the narrow Hormuz dii”.
“Italy is ready to take part in the multilateral initiatives that will be launched after the conclusion of the agreement between Iran and the United States. Our participation is subject to the achievement of a stable ceasefire and a broad international consensus on the mandate of the mission. When these conditions are met, we will return to Parliament to request the authorization of the Chambers,” he said.
“Lebanon is an increasingly critical front, developments in recent days are very worrying, Israeli military operations in the south of the country increase the risks of escalation and flood a perspective of stability, above all they cause new sufferings of the civilian population with an increasing number of victims and displaced people, we work hard to help the population,” said Tajani. “The violence must cease, Hezbollah must respect the decisions taken by the Lebanese government,” he added, “they must stop his attacks on Israel, so the Israeli operation against civilians must cease, only the silence of weapons can create space for peace, so we are convinced to support direct talks between Israelis and Lebanese people in Washington, a historical opportunity that is absolutely unnecessary.”.
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