Italy thinks troops should only be
sent to Ukraine to police a future ceasefire if they are under
the UN banner, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said after a
government summit in Rome Wednesday on Thursday's 'coalition of
the willing' meeting in Paris.
"Do not send military on missions that are not from the United
Nations, it is the only condition for us to send military" to
Ukraine, said Tajani, who is also deputy premier, after the
summit with Premier Giorgia Meloni, Defence Minister Guido
Crosetto, and Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo
Salvini.
"The option remains, a sort of NATO art. 5 bis to guarantee
European security and to protect Ukraine".
The "debate is ongoing but we agree, we have spoken about it
with the Prime Minister, Deputy Premier Salvini, and Defence
Minister Crosetto". There is "a consensus on the position that
the Prime Minister will take" in Paris, said Tajani.
Tajani is leader of the centre-right post Berlusconi Forza
Italia (FI) party, the junior partner in the government along
with senior partner Brothers of Italy (FdI), Meloni's rightwing
group, and the other junior partner, Salvini's rightwing League
party.
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