Italy plans to once more ship an envoy to Damascus after greater than a decade, regardless of the brutal ongoing civil conflict in Syria, Italian Overseas Minister Antonio Tajani mentioned on Friday.
Tajani, testifying to a parliamentary committee in Rome, justified the choice by saying that the European Union “should not depart Moscow with a monopoly” in Syria. Russia is taken into account a significant supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Lately, Italy, like different EU international locations, has dealt with diplomatic affairs with Syria from its embassy in Lebanon. However the Italian embassy in Damascus was by no means formally closed.
There was a civil conflict in Syria since 2011 that has left greater than 300,000 civilians useless. Regardless of being largely remoted by the West up to now, Assad and his energy equipment at the moment management round two-thirds of the nation.
The Italian overseas minister went on to say that after 13 years, the EU should adapt its Syria coverage to the “growth of the scenario.”
He mentioned that his place on the problem is in keeping with his colleagues from Austria, Croatia, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus and Slovakia.
Italy is at the moment ruled by a coalition of three right-wing events.
