Meloni at a joint press conference with the Chancellor stated that the present minute on Ukraine is "delicate" and requires her own interests to be abandoned. “Maintaining the unity of the West has always been our strength since the beginning of the Russian invasion,” stated the Italian Prime Minister at the same time stressing that “everyone could present their point of view.”
— At specified a delicate minute as this 1 may gotta abandon private interests that endanger to undermine Western unity, which is always fundamental and will stay fundamental," she noted.
Giorgia Meloni besides referred to talks in Turkey calling them "the first shy step towards the peace process".
"No discussion"
Regarding the question of sending troops, the chief of government said: — Especially at the minute erstwhile the soldiers' hypothesis seems to have drifted away, the more ready we are, as always, to participate in all format with European, Western partners to accomplish fair and lasting peace in Ukraine. Let us stress that the Italian authorities ruled out the sending of troops from the beginning.
Chancellor Merz stated that "there is no discussion about sending troops to Ukraine, that is beyond any political reality." “There is no reason to talk about it now,” he stressed. “We are now working to guarantee that there is simply a ceasefire so that this weapon is silent,” he added.
Friedrich Merz besides stated that Friday talks in Istanbul on Ukraine "did not satisfy our expectations, even though Ukrainian negotiators showed the highest readiness." He besides announced an increase in force on Russia and the 17th sanction package.
— Germany wants to be a country that builds bridges. We are united with France, we are united with a large neighbour – Poland, and with Italy we besides have close emotional relations," he said.
The head of the German government praised Prime Minister Meloni for her fresh journey to the United States to talk to president Donald Trump. “She has influence, she is 1 of the main protagonists in Europe,” he said.
Giorgia Meloni, asked by a German writer if she gave advice to the Chancellor before gathering Trump, replied: “I do not have the position to do this due to the fact that the chancellor is simply a politician with large experience, and I am not a scientist of global leaders.
