West Bank mission 'only if safe' says Crosetto

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 11 - Defence Minister Guido Crosetto on Friday said a military mission in the West Bank is being carefully evaluated.
    A delegation of the Italian Defence's operational command of the interforce summit has visited Jericho, in the West Bank, for an inspection to verify the logistical conditions to reopen the mission as part of the MIADIT operation suspended a year ago.
    "We are carefully evaluating the military mission in the West Bank, we will never send a single person without first considering security conditions", said Crosetto. "The mission must be wanted by all sides involved, all actors must know that the Carabinieri go to do something useful, to form a context to build the future, which is two peoples and two States", Crosetto said during a visit to Kosovo. The possibility of deploying 200 Carabinieri officers in Jericho and also extend the mission to Gaza is under evaluation, well-informed sources have said. (ANSA).