Ready to talk with new Syrian leadership says Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 17 - Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday told the Lower House ahead of a European Council that Italy is ready to dialogue with the new Syrian leadership, as part of shared evaluations and actions with European and international partners, following the overthrow of former president Bashar al-Assad's regime.
    "The fall of Assad's regime is good news, rightly celebrated by the Syrian population after over a decade of civil war.
    "The rebel forces that have established themselves are heterogeneous, they have a different provenance and potentially contrasting interests", Meloni said in her communications to the House.
    "There is obviously concern for the future of the nation.
    "Italy, the only G7 nation to have an open embassy in Damascus, is ready to dialogue with the new Syrian leadership, obviously in a context of shared evaluations and actions with European and international partners", said Meloni. (ANSA).