(ANSA) - Paris, June 14 - 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.
Migrant 'detente' time with Italy-Macron (3)
I have collaborated with Rome since start of mandate