The developments of war in Ukraine The Italian Foreign Minister commented today (25.05.2025) Antonio Tayyaniin an interview with the newspaper “Corriere della Sera”.
In particular, Tayyani said that “despite the positive messages, such as the release of hostages, the War in Ukraine will not end soon”, referring to the exchanges of prisoners of war between Moscow and Kiev.
«I always said that war would not end before the end of the year. Putin set up a war machine. Now it must accept that the path is that of negotiation and peace, “the Head of Italian diplomacy added.
“We have to explore all roads. To work by aiming at the ceasefire and then in a fair and lasting peace, even if in the meantime they continue to drop bombs, Because we need to be realistic“Tayyani said in the Milan newspaper.
It is noted that Russia and Ukraine completed earlier today the exchange of 1,000 prisoners of warwhere agreed in the peace negotiations of both sides in Constantinople on 15 and 16 May 2025.
Antonio Tayyani also made statements about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, stressing that his country does not consider that if he chose to withdraw its ambassador to Israel, Netanyahu’s line would change.
He then added: ‘We said it from the beginning and we say it louder: it arrives with uncontrolled military reactions, reaches the victims of the civilian population».
Antonio Tayyani explained that Italy adopted this position, a friend of Israel, and with the desire “the legitimate criticism of a government would not lead to shameful, new anti -Semitism phenomena”.