Cirielli says country that protects you cannot be insulted

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 1 - A country that protects you can't be insulted, Deputy Foreign Minister Edmondo Cirielli said Saturday referring to Friday's clash at the White House between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and United States President Donald Trump.
    "I think we need realism and humility. I don't think a person, a State that protects you in Europe with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, ships, planes, which are on the economic back of the United States, can be insulted when it asks to review the conditions", said the member of Premier Giorgia Meloni's rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, commenting with journalists in Potenza, on the sidelines of the presentation of ex culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano's book on Trump, on what happened yesterday at the White House, between the US president and Zelensky.
    "Europe must work with finesse, do a lot of diplomacy so as not to lose a historic ally". (ANSA).