Italy always has a channel open with
Russia in the hopes of reaching a peace deal in Ukraine, Foreign
Minister Luigi Di Maio said Wednesday.
"The fundamental issue is diplomacy," he told Radio Anch'io.
"Precisely when the sides refuse to work on diplomacy we must
accelerate on this.
"We must promote a peace conference preceded by a ceasefire.
"The country that is most working for peace is Turkey that
manages to talk to both sides but Italy always has a channel
open with Moscow".
Di Maio added that sanctions are useful to stop Russian
President Vladimir Putin continuing to spend money to make war
in Ukraine.
"We must impose sanctions to prevent him continuing to commit
money to the war".
Finally, on the French presidential run-off between Emmanuel
Macron and Marine Le Pen, Di Maio said "we can choose two roads:
that of nationalism that isolates us or that of Europeanism
which enables us to not sink institutions like the UN and NATO.
"Well, I sat we need Europeanism and not nationalisms".
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