A solution to the current Mideast
crisis sparked by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the
Israeli response will likely involve a transitional phase for
Gaza with the presence of a United Nations peacekeeping force,
Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on
Tuesday.
"Israel is a country at war but I believe that we must continue
to work for stability and de-escalation and therefore the final
objective is that of two peoples and two states," Tajani told
reporters on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting
in Tokyo.
"Obviously (for Gaza, ed.) there will have to be a transitional
phase, there could be, for example, a presence like that of
UNIFIL in Lebanon," continued Tajani in reference to the United
Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, initially established by the
UN security Council in 1978 and which currently counts over
10,300 deployed personnel.
"From this point of view an agreement can be found, we have
talked about it and we will continue to talk about it. The goal
is peace," said the Italian foreign minister.
"Of course it is going to take time, but we want for the
Palestinian people to be out of this war and of course Hamas
must be out of Palestine," he continued.
"We very much believe in the Palestinian National Authority,
which can be an interlocutor for the future, as it is today,"
said Tajani.
The foreign minister also reiterated Italy's call for "military
pauses to allow the civilian population to leave the conflict
areas".
On the aid front, Tajani explained that "Italy is ready to set
up a field hospital, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto is
exploring this possibility with the Defence Chief of Staff".
"We have sent aid and we are ready to treat the wounded,
naturally not terrorists, in our hospitals," he added.
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