Crisis with France already over says Crosetto

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 15 - The diplomatic crisis between Italy and France over a migrant rescue ship that ended up in Toulon after Rome refused it access is already over, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Tuesday.
    "I think that the crisis with France has already ended" and in upcoming meetings at the EU level "there will be no difficulty for Italy", he said in answering a question on the ship spat in Brusslels.
    Crosetto added that the EU's proposed new Sophia Mission on migrant rescue and border control was important for Mediterranean security.
    Asked if Italy is in favor of a Sophia mission, Crosetto replied: "Italy thinks that the Mediterranean is a place to be better and better guarded for the importance it has economic, strategic, from all points of view. We are a nation that lives the Mediterranean more than any other, any European or international mission for the security of the Mediterranean, is of vital importance to us".
    Crosetto was speaking with reporters at the end of the Defense Affairs Council, on the sidelines of which he had a quadrilateral meeting with Greece, Cyprus and France precisely on the security of the Mediterranean. (ANSA).