Italy: Sending air defense to Ukraine will not increase tensions

reported Mehr News Agency quoted by Ryan News, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced after the NATO summit in Washington that sending Italian air defense systems to Ukraine will not escalate tensions.

In the 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO, which was recently held in Washington, the heads of the 32 member countries of this alliance gathered to discuss the expansion of military ties between the members and also discuss ways to end the crisis in Ukraine.

According to the decisions made, the aid of 40 million euros, the granting of F-16 fighters and Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine were placed on NATO’s agenda, with However, Kyiv’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty was still not agreed.

In the final statement of this meeting, in addition to Russia, China and Iran were also blamed and some baseless claims were made against these countries. NATO members stated in the final statement that China was a decisive factor in supporting Russia’s military actions and should end its financial and political support to Russia against Ukraine.