Concerned by Mideast crescendo, caution Israel-FM

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 19 - Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday Italy was concerned by the "crescendo" of violence in the Middle East after Israel is believed to have killed 32 and wounded thousands setting off pagers and walkie talkies used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
    He also said Italy was "sending messages of caution to Israel".
    Tajani, who is also deputy premier, also reiterated that arms sent to Ukraine should not be used in Russia.
    He said that Rome would vote in the EU against such cross-border use of western-sent missiles.
    Tajani, leader of the centre-right post Berlusconi Forza Italia (FI) party, added that the government was "solid" and there was "no dissent" between Premier Giorgia Meloni and Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, after La Stampa newspaper said Crosetto, a bigwig in her Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, was "ready to quit like Gladio and the P2". (ANSA).