Premier Paolo Gentiloni said
Tuesday that Italy was not willing to take part in a new Cold
War against Russia.
"We will try to set relations with Russia on the right track
with the duty presidency of the G7, while remaining firm in our
principles, loyal to our allies and unwilling (to be involved)
in the relaunch of Cold War logic," Gentiloni told a news
conference after meeting French President Francois Hollande in
Paris.
The Russian foreign ministry welcomed Gentiloni's words.
Speaking to ANSA on the phone, spokesperson Maria Zakharova
said "for many years we have said we are against a new Cold War
logic. We cannot but support these words, above all seeing the
common threats that we face today, such as that of terrorism".
Gentiloni, who last month replaced the head of his
centre-left Democratic Party (PD), ex-premier Matteo Renzi,
after a flagship Constitutional reform was rejected in a
referendum, is set to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May in
London on Thursday.
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