The ruling majority coalition is
united on foreign policy, a statement issued by the League party
said on Sunday after the party led by Deputy Premier and
Transport Minister Matteo Salvini released a different version
of a joint statement issued by centre-right leaders following a
summit Friday stating "support for Kyiv but opposition to any
hypothesis of military interventions outside Ukrainian borders",
sparking a controversy.
The version was minimized by allies who stated it was caused by
an error in communication, with Brothers of Italy (FdI) saying
the statement issued by mistake was the draft originally
proposed by the League which was replaced in the final joint
statement by a more generic formula referring to a shared stance
on the "crisis in the Middle East and on the position of the
Italian government concerning the war in Ukraine".
The League's statement on Sunday said: "On foreign policy, the
majority is united, as already officially clarified after the
centre-right summit, and there will be no parliamentary
initiatives against the trend, as wished today by a few
left-wing media outlets, which we firmly deny.
"On Ukraine, the government has one position, also stressed over
the past few days", concluded the note.
The cancelled detail in the League's statement referred to
Kyiv's "military interventions" and not to the use of weapons
provided by Italy, which the Italian cabinet has said must be
limited within Ukraine's borders.
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