Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday
defended the arms agreements Italy has with Israel, as it fights
Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, saying the conditions
were stricter than those of other Western countries.
"After the start of operations in Gaza, the government
immediately suspended all new export licences and all agreements
signed after 7 October were not implemented," Meloni told the
Senate as she reported to parliament before this week's EU
summit.
"The licences authorised before are all being analysed on a
case-by-case basis by the competent authority at the foreign
ministry.
"I want to recall that the Italian policy of completely blocking
of all new licences is much more restrictive than that applied
by our partners - France, Germany and United Kingdom.
"These partners continue to use case-by-case assessments,
including for new licences.
"We have blocked everything".
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