The main party of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s allied base has increased pressure on Italy not to send any more military aid to Ukraine, which has received two shipments of military equipment from Rome since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Next Tuesday (21), Draghi will go to Parliament to discuss the granting of Italian military support to Kiev, and senators from the anti-system 5 Star Movement (M5S) are preparing a resolution committing the government not to “deploy new arms shipments”. “.
A new shipment of military equipment to Ukraine “will seriously risk escalation of the conflict and undermine a diplomatic solution,” according to the text, which has not yet been finalized.
In addition, the draft resolution calls on Italy to “promote the consolidation of coordinated European diplomatic action aimed at giving new impetus to peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in order to reach an immediate ceasefire”.
After Draghi’s speech next Tuesday, the situation will be put to a vote, and the wings of the M5S are threatening to reject a text that mentions new arms shipments to Kiev that could endanger even the survival of the Italian government.
Draghi heads a national unity alliance that runs from left to far right, but the M5S represents the largest group within that coalition. But the party itself is divided on military aid to Ukraine.
“I have read that part of the movement has proposed a draft resolution that distances us from the alliance of NATO and the European Union. NATO is a defense alliance, if we are incompatible with NATO we will jeopardize the security of Italy,” he said. Saturday (18) Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, one of the leading figures of the M5S.
On the other hand, Giuseppe Conte, the former prime minister and head of the 5 Star Movement, claims that Rome has sent enough weapons to Ukraine and is against the new shipments, which has led to conflicts with Di Maio in the country. myth.
The dispute even reached the Russian ambassador to Italy, Sergey Razov. “The logic that the massive supply of weapons to Ukraine would be a way to maintain peace seems odd to me at least. This logic, as far as I can see, is far from shared by everyone, including Italy,” he said. diplomat. To the magazine Scenari Internazionali.
source: Noticias
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