The global scenario is likely to
become even more complicated following last Friday's Moscow
concert hall terror attack with unpredictable consequences,
Italy's Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone,
said on Tuesday.
"Terrorism has also reared its head in recent days with the
cowardly attack in Moscow against defenceless people," Cavo
Dragone told an informal hearing before the joint Defence and
Foreign Affairs Committees of the Lower House and Senate.
"Terror must always be condemned under all circumstances," he
continued of the attack that left 137 people dead and at least
180 more injured.
"The global scenario, already largely compromised, risks
becoming even more complicated with unpredictable consequences
in the various strategic quadrants," added Cavo Dragone.
"Our commitment to international stability, therefore, is bound
to increase. A healthy exercise in realism must lead us to
consider NATO as the only true shield we have to defend freedom
and democracy," concluded the chief of staff.
Russia said Tuesday through the head of the internal security
services (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov that it will respond with
retaliatory measures to Friday's attack, which it has linked to
Ukraine.
Kyiv has described the claims as absurd.
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