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Ukraine. Italy says Macron's statements increase tension
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Tuesday that comments by French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine "raise the tension" over the conflict sparked by Russia's invasion.
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The position of the Italian government is contained in an interview given by Guido Crosetto to the daily newspaper 'Corriere della Sera', published today.
"I do not judge the President of a friendly country like France, but I do not understand the purpose and usefulness of these statements, which objectively increase tension", said the minister.
Crosetto reaffirmed that Italy's position has not changed and that, although it has always defended the need to help Ukraine, "direct intervention by the Italian military in the conflict has been ruled out".
"Ukraine must be helped to prevent an extension of the conflict, but all forms of dialogue must be sought, starting with weaving the diplomatic network", said the minister.
The Italian Defense Minister also recalled that in Italy there is an "explicit ban on direct military interventions outside of what is provided for by the laws and the Constitution", and that the country can only carry out "armed interventions by international mandate, for example in implementation of a UN resolution".
"All countries can do something more in terms of aid, but above all we must believe and insist on diplomacy. We must do everything to reach a truce: even if the result is one day without bombing, because it could become two, three, four [days]", he stressed.
On Thursday, in an interview published in the British weekly The Economist, Macron reaffirmed the possibility of sending Western ground troops to Ukraine in the event that Russia "breaks through the front lines" and Kiev requests such support.
"If the Russians cross the front line, if there is a Ukrainian request - which is not the case today - we should legitimately ask ourselves the question", said the French President.
"To exclude [the scenario] 'a priori' would be not to learn the lessons of the last two years", when NATO countries initially ruled out sending tanks and planes to Ukraine, before changing their minds, Macron argued.
Regarding the situation in Israel and the war in Gaza, he assured that Italy is "a friendly country", but that it has also "been very tough" with the Israeli government and that it is working "openly for a truce and so that no more innocent people are killed".
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