In the most complex week for the international order in recent decades, the Foreign Ministerial of the G7 in Capri tries to take cover by trying to mend the same patchwork the international chessboard complex. Also looming over the meeting of the seven powers is the pressing of Ukrainian President Zelenskey, who is now pressing Western leaders on the age-old issue of air support after today’s massacre in Chernhiv.
What will the G7 discuss
Italy, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain and Japan will have to deal with Ukraine And Middle East, in the same hours in which the eastern front risks collapsing and Israel is preparing its retaliation against Iran. The G7″It aims to build peace and de-escalation in a very tense context“, said the head of Italian diplomacy upon his arrival in Capri, Antonio Tajani.
The ministerial meeting started today and will continue until Friday. It will confirm the “union” between the G7 countries and will have to give “a message of peace” with respect to the dramatic situation in the Middle East, but also to the war in Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific, Tajani reiterated in his speech at the Certosa di San Giacomo, where a welcome event was held for foreign delegations. In the context of an “Italian pearl of the Mediterranean, a meeting place and not just a tourist one”, the heads of diplomacy of the seven most advanced economies in the world will be called to discuss the great emergencies of the current situation.
The G7 towards sanctions on Iran
Waiting for a Israeli response which could be unprecedented, Italy, which holds the rotating presidency of the G7, renews its appeal for moderation: “Israel has the right to defend itself but we will see what kind of reaction it will have. We want prudence to always prevail“, urged Tajani. Already on Sunday, immediately after the Iranian attack, the G7 convened by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and held via videoconference had made an appeal for moderation, and asked for a truce, the unconditional release of the hostages and greater support for the flow of aid to Gaza. According to initial rumours, there is a general agreement so that a political message will emerge from the meeting to the international community sanctions against Iran: in particular towards individual personalities involved in the production, marketing and delivery of missiles and used against Ukraine and Israel, as well as by the Houthis in the Red Sea. Also in the crosshairs Iranian ballistic missile producersand the entire chain of command supplying Russia and the Iranian proxies.
The US-Italy bilateral relationship
In the bilateral Blinken-TajaniThe minister and the US secretary of state agreed on the need to give “signs of solidarity” to Israel and from this perspective the sanctions that the G7 countries have decided to launch against Iranian entities involved in the supply of missiles and drones abroad must be read. During the meeting between the two, the need to Of convince Israel that “the retaliation it could take against Iran” it must be inserted within a broader political path, which sees the Jewish State increasingly integrated into the region on a political and security level. Finally, the two counterparts agreed on the opportunity to continue to dialogue with Iranand the head of the Farnesina confirmed that Italy will do its part.
“Transatlantic relations are a lodestar of our Government’s foreign policy“, he writes on X the Italian deputy prime minister. “Italy and the USA work together for peace. We signed a Memorandum to fight fake news and defend citizens’ freedom of opinion“, adds Tajani. The United States appreciates “deeply“the partnership with Italy,”the tightest I’ve ever had” between the two countries, and they believe that the Italian leadership of the G7 “is making a difference“. There was also space between the two to talk about Niger. Blinken insisted on the importance of Italy and Europe maintaining a military presence in Niger and the Sahel region to avoid further destabilization. Tajani confirmed that countries such as Italy, Spain and Belgium want to try to maintain their presence because the Sahel is considered a strategic region for the security of Europe.
G7 support for Ukraine
The Italian G7 kicks off a complex day for the war in Ukraine. In Chernhiv, a Russian missile attack hit a building killing 17 civilians and injuring around sixty people. This morning’s attack on civilians has once again added fuel to the fire on the controversial issue of military assistance to Kiev. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky they are loudly calling for support with at least seven other Patriot batteries, denouncing how with greater support for air defense this morning’s massacre would have been avoided. For this reason Zelensky also addressed the participants in the European Council in Brusselscalling on European leaders to urgently provide Kiev with anti-aircraft defense equipment, as he explained in his videoconference speech.
At the G7 Foreign Affairs meeting in Capri, the head of British diplomacy, David Cameronwill urge partner countries to “keep the pressure high” about the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, as it continues its “illegal” war with Ukraine. Meanwhile, signs of a possible turning point are coming from Washington: Joe Biden expressed his “strong support” for the legislative package which will provide military aid to Israel and Ukraine, humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza and increase the security of US allies in the Indo-Pacific. The House, states the President, “must approve the package this week.
I will sign it immediately to send this message to the world: We stand with our friends and will not let Iran and Russia succeed“.
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