Foreign Undersecretary Vincenzo
Amendola said Wednesday "to those who, like Matteo Salvini, ask
for a stance against military intervention by the West in Syria,
we recall that Italy has always condemned in the firmest manner
any use of chemical weapons: their use constitutes a war crime
and an extremely serious violation of international law. Having
said that, the Italian government is at the side of the
traditional allies of our country: the United States, France and
the United Kingdom. If Salvini thinks differently, let him say
so clearly".
Salvini, leader of the anti-migrant and Euroskeptic League,
earlier called on Prekier Paolo Gentiloni to take a "clear
position for Italy against all further and disastrous military
intervention in Syria.
"I would not like that economic motives, power demands or the
alleged use, never proven, of chemical weapons never found in
the past should unleash a conflict that may become extremely
dangerous".
He said Italy must "oppose missile raids and bombing".
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