Italy: France and Poland are not NATO representatives
| The Minister of Defense of Italy announced that NATO's military presence in the Ukraine war makes it impossible to resolve this crisis through diplomacy. |
report Mehr News Agency quoted by Sputnik, the Minister of Defense of Italy criticized the positions of France and Poland regarding NATO’s military presence in Ukraine.
Gido Crosto, Minister of Defense of Italy announced: France and Poland do not have the right to speak on behalf of NATO.
The Minister of Defense of Italy said in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa: NATO did not officially and voluntarily intervene in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia from the beginning.
Crosto emphasized that sending military forces to the war in Kiev is a step towards escalating tensions and destroys the process of diplomacy.
After a conference hosted by Paris on February 26 on Ukraine, Macron said that Western leaders had discussed the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, and although No consensus has been reached in this regard, nothing can be rejected.
Radoslav Sikorski, Minister of Defense of Poland, also said on Friday that the presence of NATO forces in Ukraine is not unthinkable.
