Italy should suspend arms
shipments to Turkey immediately over its intervention in
northern Syria, warzone medical NGO Emergency head Gino Strada
said Tuesday.
"Italy must immediately suspend arms shipments to Turkey," he
said.
"It doesn't matter if it concerns old or new orders, it's a
criminal dance".
Strada said Italy "must distinguish itself from this prone
Europe, which to call it cowardly is to pay it a compliment.
"Italy must follow the example of several other countries.
Strada also said that moving the 2020 Champions League final
from Istanbul would be a "good signal".
"Certainly, refusing to play a final would be a good signal,"
he said.
Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said Monday he would ask
the government and the EU to back moving the final from the
Turkish city, where it is scheduled for May 30 next year.
Strada described Italy's position, which is currently to bar
future arms supplies, as "indecent" and called the Turkish
government "fascist".
He asked "what is Italy still doing in a NATO that has
barbarians of this kind in its midst?".
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