ROME, Aug 18: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in the US to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his meeting with President Donald Trump today.
The Italian PM had expressed positive feelings about the Alaska Summit, saying that it offered a ‘glimmer of hope’.
Before her departure, her office reiterated the statement made by Rome on the Sunday meeting between PM Meloni and other European leaders ahead of their US visit.
The statement stressed “the importance of continuing to work with the United States to end the conflict and achieve a peace that ensures the sovereignty and security of Ukraine,” reports The Guardian.
Rome further emphasised the need to “maintain collective pressure on Russia and ensure solid and credible security guarantees”.
On the security guarantees for Ukraine, Meloni said on Saturday that Trump had highlighted an Italian proposal during his summit with Putin in Anchorage that was “inspired by Nato’s Article 5”.
“The starting point of the proposal is the definition of a collective security clause that would allow Ukraine to benefit from the support of all its partners, including the USA, ready to take action in case it is attacked again,” Meloni added.
Meloni last travelled to Washington in April for a bilateral with Trump. The two leaders met again in Rome just over a week later for the funeral of Pope Francis, before which Trump and the Zelenskyy held a brief but symbolic one-to-one talk in St Peter’s Basilica.
(UNI)
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