“The Group of Seven plays an irreplaceable role in defending freedom and democracy,” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said today at the G7 of Parliaments, via video conference. “The development and strengthening of the parliamentary dimension of the G7 represents an added value, and it is a path that Italy is proud to have helped to initiate,” she continued.
Today the G7 of Parliaments officially kicked off in Verona, where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, unexpectedly, did not attend in person, but preferred to speak remotely. In fact, she apologized for “not having been able to do more by reaching you physically”: “In any case, I couldn’t, I didn’t want to lose my contribution until today,” she said. On the subject of the war in Ukraine, Meloni noted: “The commitment to force and new responses in support of the attacked nation, to defend a system based on rules and the force of law that guarantees everyone, was also reiterated within the framework of the G7. It is a commitment that will continue until two fundamental objectives are achieved: the end of the war and a just and lasting peace.”
Regarding the conflict in the Middle East, however, it is clear that “a global agreement based on mediation can no longer be postponed. Just as a decisive change of pace in humanitarian assistance to the civilian population of Gaza can no longer be postponed”, said the Prime Minister. “The G7, with Italy at the forefront, has always been at the forefront of avoiding a new escalation in the region starting from the situation in Lebanon that concerns us greatly – argued Meloni -. Today, more than ever, a political solution is needed that gives new impetus to the perspective of a two-state solution.” Then, before the start of the closed-door working sessions, the Prime Minister left, greeted by Mayor Lorenzo Fontana who led the meeting in the City Hall building.
Source: IL Tempo
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