“Unity and solidarity described these meetings”. Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this after the NATO and G7 summit in Brussels.
“I had the opportunity to meet President Biden briefly, we exchanged views on the current situation and what Italy can do,” he added.
At both the NATO summit and the G7 summit, there was “extraordinary unity among the allies in condemning Ukraine’s aggression.”
“Energy and food safety were discussed”. “The EU wants to become independent of Russian gas,” Draghi said. “The gas market is poorly functioning, prices are speculative, action is needed, but concrete action has not been discussed.” “The third pillar is the help that has to come from Canada, the US and big LNG producers.”
“This is a breach of contract”, the contracts would be deemed “broken”. Prime Minister Mario Draghi is responding to Putin’s demand that payments for Russian gas be made in rubles.
“The number of refugees is growing impressively, around 70,000 here, millions in Poland, 3400,000 in Romania, the humanitarian tragedy must be tackled not only at European level, but at global level at the UN headquarters.” .
“We must be resolute and proactive in dealing with sanctions,” just as “we must be desperate for peace,” he added. There is a willingness to “tighten sanctions if necessary. Sanctions have extraordinary effects on the Russian economy”, which is “weakened”.
Then again: “It is not possible to include neither NATO nor the EU in the guarantee of a nofly zone”.