“Tehran claims the right to respond to Israel. I warned Ali Bagheri Kani. Many things are in Iran's hands, which must decide whether to wait or not. I suggested to him at least not to make any decision before the 15th. If they attack before, the agreement would be broken and there would be a risk of chaos. In my opinion, the ceasefire would eliminate the reasons for the attack, if it is true that the Iranians are interested in Gaza, and would launch a new political dynamic in the Middle East.” Thus the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, during an interview with The pressspeaking of his telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart. “We are in constant contact with our allies and with our embassies. As long as there is space for negotiations, there is hope,” Tajani explains. And on the fact that Italy did not join the joint appeal by Britain, France and Germany asking Iran not to attack Israel, Tajani clarifies: “These three countries are part of the European bloc that is negotiating on the Iranian nuclear issue. It was not a note to exclude anyone. And in any case, a few hours later, Joe Biden also called Giorgia Meloni and the White House issued another joint statement, much more important. The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and then “a few days ago President Masoud Pezeshkian. Italy still maintains lively relations with the Islamic Republic, to the point that we also represent Canada with our embassy. And the Americans have great confidence in our ability to dialogue.”
“Italy in Gaza to rebuild Palestine”
“In September, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, I will propose to the G7 a project for the reconstruction of Gaza, not only humanitarian but also political and economic,” explained the number one of the Farnesina. “Italy – he added – is ready to send a contingent to work on the creation of a Palestinian State, unifying the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. But our interlocutor can only be the Palestinian Authority, not Hamas. Meanwhile, the United States has asked us to use the Carabinieri to form an adequate Palestinian security force.” Why then not recognize the State of Palestine? “We are in favor of the State of Palestine. But we must offer a concrete perspective to the Palestinian people. How can we recognize a State when there is Hamas that controls a large part of Palestine and claims to want to destroy Israel? We do not want to give Israel a moral slap in the face at this time, but we want to bring them to a negotiation to make the formula “two peoples, two states” concrete. On Ukraine “the position is always the one expressed in Parliament: we are on the side of Ukraine that is attacked, but we are neither as a country nor as NATO at war with Russia. We will never send troops, so to speak. Even if we understand the reasons of defense, the weapons sent from Italy cannot be used outside Ukraine. Specific authorizations are needed for a different use, which is what Zelensky is asking for. The Americans have given their green light but limited to certain operations. Italy, however, does not authorize their use outside Ukrainian territory. They should ask us, and they know it.”
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