Always disassociated myself from Fascist salute - Crosetto

(see related stories) (ANSA) - ROME, JAN 10 - Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Wednesday he has always disassociated himself from any demonstration evoking past dictatorships, including the Fascist salute.
    "I do not read the newspapers," said Crosetto, a member of Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, in response to a question on the furore over the Fascist salute performed by hundreds of right-wing participants in the Acca Larentia commemoration in Rome on Sunday.
    Asked whether he disassociated himself from the gesture, he said: "I have always disassociated myself".
    "I have always disassociated myself from any demonstration that recalls past regimes," he added. (ANSA).