(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 18 - Italy needs to give itself a
legislative tool allowing for the rapid deployment of Italian
missions in the event of crises abroad, Defence Minister Guido
Crosetto said on Thursday.
In addition to the missions decree drawn up by the defence
general staff last November, Crosetto told a joint session of
the Foreign Affairs and Defense committees that Italy needed
"broader tools allowing us to intervene quickly when
unpredictable situations open up".
"We need a legislative tool for rapid intervention, alongside
our existing tools, to intervene in crises that are in danger of
opening up more often and more quickly in unthinkable places,"
Crosetto said.
The defence minister ruled out an Italian mission in Sudan for
the time being. (ANSA).
Defence minister calls for rapid mission intervention tool
Overseas crises are developing more quickly, says Crosetto