Italy is not isolated over Ukraine says Tajani

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 9 - Italy is not isolated over Ukraine, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday after French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Wednesday without Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.
    "Italy does not feel isolated at all," said Tajani after he and Defence Minister Guido Crosetto met their British counterparts, James Cleverly and Ben Wallace, in Rome.
    "The premier spoke this morning and she will meet Zelensky.
    "We feel we are lead players in the fight for Ukraine's independence".
    He added that Italy was "not fighting against the Russian people.
    "Today we didn't discuss sanctions, but the common commitment to guarantee Ukraine's independence," he said. (ANSA).