Truce in Lebanon, Assad's fall peace opportunities - Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 16 - Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday said in a message sent to the 17th States General of Diplomacy conference, which is taking place at the foreign ministry in Rome, that the Middle East deserves to leave behind its state of crisis and that the truce in Lebanon and the ouster of former president Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria represent an opportunity.
    "The Middle East deserves a new perspective to leave this permanent crisis", the prime minister stated in the message.
    "The truce in Lebanon and the fall of Assad's regime in Syria are opportunities on which we have to work together with our partners to reach a fair and sustainable peace in the entire region", she said. (ANSA).