French President Emmanuel Macron
said Thursday it was "time for detente" with Italy after a
diplomatic crisis over migrant ship Aquarius had threatened his
meeting with Premier Giuseppe Conte in Paris Friday. "From the
start of my mandate I have wanted to collaborate with Italy,"
Macron said, according to BFM-TV. The working lunch with Conte
is scheduled to go ahead Friday after macron denied calling
Italy "cynical and irresponsible" for closing its ports to the
Aquarius.
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