(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 22 - Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday
visited an Italian military contingent deployed as part of
NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission to safeguard the airspace of
the Baltic Republics, after attending a meeting hosted by
Finland in its northern Lapland region, with the premiers of
Sweden and Greece, as well as the EU foreign affairs chief, to
discuss security in the Nordic region and the Mediterranean and
migration challenges.
"The homeland is a mother, that mother wants to say thank you"
because it "appreciates and recognizes the extraordinary
sacrifices you make, the value those sacrifices bestow and
produce for your nation", she said during her visit to the air
base of Šiauliai.
Meloni visits Italian military contingent in Lithuania
Italy grateful for your sacrifices says premier