Meloni closes Stoltenberg: “Weapons born to hit Russia? Prudence, I don’t know why he says that. Questionable words from Macron too”

Caution. This is the word that Giorgia Meloni chooses to comment on the invitation of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to remove the ban imposed on Ukraine from using Western weapons to strike in Russian territory. 24 hours after the dissemination of the Stoltenberg thought, the government is united and considers the attempt to […]

Caution. This is the word that Giorgia Meloni chooses to comment on the invitation of the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg to remove the prohibition imposed onUkraine to use the Western weapons to strike in Russian territory. 24 hours after the dissemination of Stoltenberg’s thought, the government is united and essentially considers Stoltenberg’s attempt to overcome yet another inadmissible Red line towards escalation.

“I don’t know why Stoltenberg says something like that. We need to be much more cautious,” said the Prime Minister as a guest of In half an hour on Rai 3. “I agree that NATO must maintain its firmnessmust not show signs of slowing down”, he remarked and then underlined that “there are many questionable statements, I remember Macron.” Hence the invitation: “I advise greater caution”. But it remains “important”, he said, that NATO “continues to maintain the support for Ukraine to achieve peace.” However, Meloni’s Atlantic anchoring remains very solid: “It’s as if those who support Ukraine want it war and those who don’t support it want it peace. I think it’s exactly the opposite,” she added. “If we had allowed that imperialist war, the war would have come closer to us. Whoever helped Ukraine is stopping the war,” she argued.

But what had the secretary of the Atlantic Alliance said? “The time has come for allies to consider whether some of the provisions should be revoked restrictions on the use of armaments that they donated to Ukraine,” he argued. “Especially now that a lot of fighting is going on in Kharkivnear the border, deny Ukraine the ability to use these weapons against legitimate military objectives on Russian territory it makes defense very difficult,” Stoltenberg said.

A line not shared by the government, despite Meloni having until now always held positions loyal to the Atlantic Alliance. The Prime Minister’s closure adds to the caution expressed by the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and number one in defense Guido Crosetto already on Saturday. “We are an integral part of NATO but every decision must be taken in a collegial manner. We will not send an Italian soldier to Ukraine and the military instruments sent by Italy are used inside Ukraine”, said the Forza Italia vice-premier. For Crosetto, however, it is “wrong to increase tension” which is “already dramatic” and, while confirming support for Ukraine, “we must leave open in the coming months the possibility of building a immediate truce and departure of a peace table”.

The response to Stoltenberg was also an opportunity to focus Emmanuel Macronwhich in recent weeks has opened to the sending of Western troops to Ukraine to support Zelensky’s army. To those statements the Kremlin had responded by starting an exercise to test the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Now Meloni, after several critical releases by Matteo Salvinicriticizes the French president’s idea when there are two weeks left until European elections branding them as questionable. “I think that, given that war always brings with it unknowns, it seems enough to me counterproductive This alarming story for which Europe would be on the brink of a wider conflict”, the prime minister said again. “AND irresponsible – he added in what seems like a jab at Salvini and others Giuseppe Conte – the game of those who feed this to scrape together a few votes”.