The favourite to become Italy's next
premier, conservative Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader Giorgia
Meloni, told Taiwanese news agency CNA Friday that she would
pull out of China's Belt and Road Initiative if she leads the
next likely centre-right government after Sunday's general
election here.
Meloni, 45, who would be Italy's first woman prime minister and
the most rightwing head of government since WWII, said signing
up to the 'New Silk Road' had been a "big mistake".
She aid that if she had to sign the extension of the relevant
memorandum until 2024 "tomorrow morning, it would be hard for me
to see to the political conditions to do so".
Meloni said that with a centre right government in Italy, "it
is certain that Taiwan will be a fundamental question for
Italy".
She described as "unacceptable" China's threats against the
island, which it says is part of its territory.
The likely future PM said she had "closely followed, with
unease," the most recent developments in the China-Taiwan
tensions.
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