The Italian Foreign Minister questions the European foreign and defense policy

Tajani added, in an interview with the newspaper “La Stampa” published on Thursday on the official website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that “the defense forces also carry out foreign policy. We are late, we have been talking about it since 1954.”

Regarding the current political situation in Europe, the minister said, “There is a lot of jealousy and many leaders. We need European leaders, and there are many national leaders. Europe serves the world. Even Germany, the most powerful country, failed to win. Missing Merkel.”

With regard to defense problems in the region, we must remember that the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, has raised since the end of 2021 the need for a joint force from the countries of that. Society, with at least five thousand soldiers.

Borrell, who has been in charge since June 2020 to prepare a working guide in the field of regional defense, stated that “the starting point of the strategic compass is the recognition that Europe is in danger,” a statement that corresponds to what was raised by the Italian minister in this last interview, analysts say.

These proposals, which were presented by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security, worried the leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and in particular the United States, and therefore the approach of the Italian Chancellor this Wednesday touches on a sensitive issue, referring the observers.

In another part of his statements to La Stampa, Tajani reaffirmed his country’s support for Kiev in its war with Moscow, but stated that “we must do everything in our power to ensure that the conflict never escalates,” and stressed that neither NATO nor Europe “are at war.” With Russia.

Regarding the supply of war from his government to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he assured that “the shipment of weapons will arrive as soon as possible,” but clarified that “the SAMP-T missiles take time, and there are technical problems to find a solution.”

Earlier this year, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan contacted Francesco Tallo, an aide to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, to ask Rome to supply Kyiv with Samp-T anti-missile systems, effective against aircraft, drones and cruise missiles, La Repubblica revealed. .

The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zagarova, recently stated that her government has ruled out the possibility of Italy being the guarantor of a final peace agreement, as suggested by the country’s prime minister at the end of last December.

“It is strange that we receive proposals for mediation from countries that, since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, have taken a very aggressive anti-Russian position,” Zakharova said.

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