The Group of Seven summit in
Taormina Friday and Saturday should raise the level of the fight
against terror, Premier Paolo Gentiloni told a NATO summit in
Brussels Thursday.
"Against the strategy of terror we must take the fight
against terrorism to a higher level," he said.
"For this reason I will promote tomorrow in Taormina the
adoption of a declaration against terrorism and violent
extremism".
Gentiloni added that "it is in NATO's interest to pursue a
long-term strategy with Russia.
"We must fulfill the clause of the Warsaw summit (last July)
for a periodic and significant dialogue with Moscow".
Gentiloni also said that "we support the sharing of spending,
Italy remains committed to the implementation of the Defense
Investment Pledge (to raise contributions to 2% of GDP by
2024)".
He said "we are the fifth-biggest contributor to the
NATO budget and the second-biggest in the two main operations in
Afghanistan, with almost 1,000 soldiers, and Kosovo, with over
500 soldiers, and other operations".
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