Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio was “confused as always. It is not Russia that is blackmailing the European Union with gas supplies, but “the European Union is blackmailing Russia with sanctions and threats of new restrictions and strengthening its countries’ armed forces”. perimeter of Russia’s borders and the supply of all kinds of weapons to Ukraine.” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram in response to Minister Di Maio, who today announced a mission to Algeria to “handle any Russian gas extortion “. (THE SPECIAL LIVE UPDATES)
Moscow’s words were followed by a response from Giuseppe Marici, spokesman for Minister Luigi Di Maio. “Blackmail? I would say that the real and only blackmail is to demand payment in rubles of already running gas contracts, and the Russian one is clearly an unacceptable demand. Italy, in order to avoid crises arising from these impermissible conditions, is acting to diversify sources of supply. As the European Union, we are rightly strengthening an energy security plan to protect our citizens”. “Furthermore, we continue to urge Russia to call a ceasefire to save defenseless Ukrainian civilians. We need peace, enough clashes and provocations,” concludes Di’s spokesman mayo
Announcement by Di Maio: “With Draghi in Algeria”
“Tomorrow morning the foreign minister said in response to reporters in Maddaloni (Caserta) I will be in Algeria with President Draghi to sign a gas deal that will allow us to deal with any Russian gas blackmail. Unfortunately we are so late a country. We had to diversify much earlier, but we have many partners and friends around the world. “In the last month and a half I have been to Algeria, Qatar, Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Azerbaijan: all these countries have indicated their willingness to increase supplies to Italy,” Di Maio added while visiting the Children’s Village’s historical educational facility, where awarded it by the Red Cross.
“NATO must not intervene, no to the world conflict”
“NATO cannot go to war: we are not working on NATO involvement, we are not working on ‘nofly zone’ or direct intervention. We all agree, even Foreign Minister Stoltenberg, that we must avoid a third world war there is a world war around prices, “the head of the foreign ministry repeated to Maddaloni, answering journalists’ questions about the possible involvement of NATO in the war in Ukraine. “In all parts of the world he continued bread, grain, corn and energy are skyrocketing, but it is another matter to include our warplanes in Ukraine because we have to react to the first down and the third explosion. world war”. “Right now we are strengthening the deterrent instruments on the borders with the EU that serve to prevent Putin from approaching,” Di Maio continued. “We saw during Biden’s speech in Poland how the Russians bombed areas near Lviv, tens of kilometers from NATO borders; at that moment, only thanks to the Ukrainians, we expelled the Russians from the Kyiv region and removed them even further. from our borders”.
“Unspeakable horrors at the expulsion of the Russians”
“As the Ukrainian army pushes back the Russian ones from the occupied territories underscored in comment on the news of the recent massacre of civilians discovered near the capital Kyiv we become aware of indescribable horrors. We are more than 170 children killed: under the Russian bombs there are civilians who, in the eyes of the Russians, have the only fault that they are Ukrainian citizens. That is why the war must end, but the only way to do that is diplomatically, with a great involvement of the EU, the obligation to push ahead with all the necessary measures with a peace conference, first to reach the ceasefire and then immediately after the major agreement linked to the issues on the table. Italy will be one of the countries that guarantees the neutrality agreement between Ukraine and Russia It is obvious that it takes two to want peace, but Putin shows that he does not want peace, he just wants to continue the war, and that is why we gave all the support that was needed and serious He goes to the Ukrainian people to defend themselves and the people who defend themselves defend the borders of the EU and NATO.