Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said her government has decided to stop the automatic renewal of the defense cooperation agreement with Israel. For this he cited the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
Meloni’s right-wing government has been one of Israel’s closest allies in Europe, but in recent weeks it has criticized Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Those affected by these attacks also include Italian soldiers stationed there under the orders of the United Nations.
“Given the current situation, the government has decided to stop the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel,” Meloni said in Verona, northern Italy, according to Italian news agencies.
British Finance Minister’s temperature is also high
Britain’s Finance Minister Rachel Reeves has strongly criticized US President Donald Trump’s “unwise” decision to start a war with Iran “without any clear exit plan”. These statements given to a newspaper come at a time when Reeves is preparing to attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington; The economic impacts of the conflict will be discussed in detail in this meeting.
Reeves is one of a number of British government ministers, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who have expressed their growing frustration and anger over actions taken by their close ally in the Middle East. “This is a war we didn’t start. This is a war we didn’t want,” Reeves told the tabloid newspaper. Reeves is currently struggling to get Britain’s weak economy back on track.
He added, “I feel extremely frustrated and angry that the United States entered this war without any clear exit plan, and without any clear idea of what they wanted to accomplish.”