"Aspides does not defend Israel, which defends itself. We are engaged in defending merchant traffic between Suez and the Red Sea. Already many Italian merchant ships have been protected". These were the words of Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, responding to journalists' questions during the press conference at the Farnesina yesterday presenting the Italy-China Joint Economic Commission and the bilateral Business and Dialogue Forum. The minister stressed that in order to defend itself, "Israel does not need Italian military intervention, which should not enter the conflict. We are peacekeepers. Just as we are not going with our military to fight in Ukraine, we are not at war with Russia. We just want to defend international law and the freedom of that country".
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