Ariston to Gazprom, the Farnesina summons the Russian ambassador: “Review the decision”. Moscow accuses Rome of “threats”

After Moscow’s decision to nationalize the Russian branches of the Italian Ariston and the German Bosch, the secretary general of the Farnesina Riccardo Guariglia today met the Russian ambassador to Italy Alexei Paramonov. The diplomat’s summons had been announced in recent days by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani himself. Guariglia “expressed strong disappointment […]

After the decision of Fly to nationalize the Russian branches of the Italiana Ariston and German Boschthe secretary general of the Farnesina Riccardo Guariglia met the Russian ambassador to Italy today Alexei Paramonov. The diplomat’s summons had been announced in recent days by the Foreign Minister himself Antonio Tajani. Guariglia” he expressed the strong disappointment of the Italian government” for the decision to transfer into temporary administration Ariston Thermo Rusa company belonging to the Ariston Group, to a company of the group Gazprom. “In line with its European partners, and in particular with Germany – the Farnesina says – Italy asks the Russian Federation to withdraw the measures adopted against legitimate economic activities of foreign companies in the country”.

Guariglia said in a note that he had asked “ambassador Alexey Paramonov for clarifications on his motivations, which have no basis in law, especially considering that it was adopted against a company that had a historic rooting in the country and which has no connection with the current international crisis situation. He also expressed it to his interlocutor the hope that Russia can reconsider the measure taken, being itself classified by the Russian side as temporary.” The Farnesina underlined that the European Union also “strongly condemned the provision” which represents “further proof of Russia’s failure to respect international law”. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tajani is in contact with the company, they concluded, and reserves the right to investigate the consequences of the Russian decision together with the G7 and EU partners and to evaluate an appropriate response.

The version and reply of the Russian ambassador Paramonov is opposed. Which, writes the embassy, ​​would have provided “comprehensive explanations on the legality and validity of the decisions taken”. Paramonov, underlines the embassy, ​​“reminded the interlocutors that Moscow has always attached particular importance to profitable and mutually beneficial trade and economic relations with Italy. Responsibility for the negative consequences of their deterioration falls entirely on the Italian authorities they sacrificed real national interests to participate in sterile and dangerous anti-Russian adventures.” And the night ends: “One cannot help but consider that the increasingly aggressive and irresponsible rhetoric and tone of Western leaders and their groups can only be interpreted as a deliberate intention to continuously threaten the security of the Russian Federationnational, economic, energy and any other type”.

Meanwhile, again today the Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Ursohad a conference call with the president of Ariston Group, Paolo Merloni, and the CEO Maurizio Brusadelliin the presence of the president of the Marche Region, Francesco Acquaroli. “Minister Urso”, we read in a note, “illustrated the action that the Italian government is carrying out with the EU commission regarding the development of new instruments, within the European sanctioning framework, aimed at protect Italian and European companies affected by similar acts of retaliation by the Russian Federation and to discourage the recurrence of such actions”.