Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano
said Tuesday that he told British Prime Minister Theresa May
last month that the government "defends the national interest,
defending the presence of Italians in Great Britain" over
Brexit.
Speaking as May announced the UK would "abandon" the EU and
"build a global UK", Alfano said "the United Kingdom is set to
leave the Union but not Europe, there are European forums that
must make us stay united on security matters."
Alfano was briefing a joint session of the House and Senate
foreign affairs committees on the foreign ministry's policy
programme.
May said: "at this time we are abandoning Europe and planning
a biannual summit of the Commonwealth. We will build a truly
global Great Britain".
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