Government position on Hamas clear says Tajani

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 25 - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Wednesday he would "listen to the views" of Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on the Israel-Hamas war but insisted that the government's position is clear.
    "I will listen to the views of vice president Salvini to understand what his ideas and positions are on the crisis in the Middle East, but as far as the position of the Italian government is concerned it is clear: for us Hamas is a terrorist organisation," said Tajani.
    Earlier Salvini hit out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for saying he considered Hamas to be "liberators" fighting for their land rather than terrorists. Salvini said Erdogan's words were "serious and disgusting and do not help de-escalation" and added that he would ask Tajani to summon the Turkish ambassador and lodge a formal protest. (ANSA).