Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday
highlighted the commitment to defend external borders and said
Russia or criminal organizations would not be allowed to
undermine security, speaking at the end of the North-South
Summit on European security and defence in Saariselkä, in the
Finnish region of Lapland.
"We want to defend external borders and we don't want to allow
Russia or criminal organizations to undermine our security",
said Meloni.
The gathering was hosted by Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo
and attended, in addition to Meloni, by EU High Representative
for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, Greek Prime Minister Kyriákos
Mitsotakis and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
Meloni went on to say that the EU is dealing with "great
challenges".
"Our countries have often been considered and have found
themselves on opposite sides within the EU, with the North and
the so-called frugal on one side and the nations of the South
accused of being spendthrifts, something I believe is a
prejudice, on the other.
"These nations are now here to talk about the theme of security,
and this shows that we have understood that the world has
changed and we can't deal with challenges if we don't understand
the point of view and problems of others", she noted.
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