The press service of Italian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni said that Italian authorities “definitely and convincingly” supported Ukraine on the background of the continuation of the Russian military special operation. transmits ANSA. The statement by the cabinet presidency came after the leader of the Forward Italy party in the ruling coalition and the country’s former head of government, Silvio Berlusconi, criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The Italian government’s support for Ukraine is unequivocal and credible, this is confirmed by all the parliamentary votes of the majority supporting the executive branch,” Meloni’s office said in a statement.
According to ANSA, the Cabinet did not directly refer to Berlusconi’s words, but noted that Kiev’s support was clearly articulated in the coalition agreement. Meloni’s office stressed that this position is shared by all parties in the power bloc.
Berlusconi had said before that he would never do it. didn’t If he was the prime minister of Italy, he would talk to Zelensky. Nor would he go to Ukraine, where “the destruction of the country and the massacre of soldiers” could be seen, he said.