Ukraine, Meloni: 'A synthesis has always been found, Italy's position will not change'

The aid package for Kiev is at the center of the government's agenda, awaiting the hearing of Defense Minister Guido Crosetto in the afternoon. The appointment is at 3pm at Copasir.

"There is no question of a lack of signature, when there are issues I am happy to comment on them but in this case it is a temporary physical impediment, so much so that Minister Crosetto is at Copasir, I think that when he has finished his presence at Ecofin" Giancarlo Giorgetti "will return to Rome and sign the package" of new aid for Ukraine, said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arriving at the Bologna Fair to visit the Eima. "The majority has always found a synthesis, I don't know how it would go with others in government, I know that everyone considers this compactness that the majority has had an added value, the sensitivities that are there, they are useful, they help us to reflect too" but "I don't think that Italy's position will change", Meloni said again in response to a question on the League's doubts on aid to Ukraine.

Giancarlo Giorgetti's failure to sign the thirteenth package of military supplies to Ukraine was linked only to his absence from Rome, it had already emerged in the morning, as ANSA learned from qualified government sources. Yesterday the phone call between the Minister of Economy himself and the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Since it is a classified document, it is explained, Giorgetti, who was in Brussels yesterday for the Eurogroup and Ecofin meetings, would not have been able to read and sign the interministerial decree remotely.

"Giorgetti was out and among other things he was ill. I don't think there will be any surprises," said Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. "This afternoon at Copasir is a formal step, the authorization is given by Parliament at the beginning of the year and after the communication to Copasir the aid can start. It is a procedure desired not by this government, but by previous ones. It is not a political issue", he then explained. For Crosetto, the issue of the war in Ukraine "cannot be addressed with the team shirts. It is a complex issue. You cannot throw the baby out with the bathwater and the whole house".

“We have some to keep to ourselves.” Thus Defense Minister Guido Crosetto regarding the possible lack of Italian Aster missiles that could be supplied to Ukraine. In recent days, German Minister Boris Pistorius had announced that he would no longer be able to supply Patriot missiles to Kiev. "However, I cannot reveal the contents of the aid package," Crosetto added.

"The decree will be presented again as it was done last year, if the majority decides to do so. But now until December 31st we are in order and we can move forward". Thus Defense Minister Guido Crosetto regarding the presentation of the decree on the framework law for aid packages in Kiev also in 2027.