We need a world that respects international law, President Sergio Mattarella said after talks in Montenegro Tuesday with his Montenegrin counterpart Yakov Milatovic, voicing the hope that Russia returns to respecting the United Nations Charter.
"The world we would like is one that respects international law", he said at Cettigne.
"The hope is that Russia will return to play a significant role in respect of the sovereignty of each state, it is a hope that I have always expressed in respect of the law and the Charter of the United Nations".
"For three years now, Italy's position that I have always expressed is clear, limpid, and very clear: that of respect for international law and the sovereignty of each State.
"This firm, vigorous affirmation has been the basis of the support that Italy has assured to Ukraine.
"A position always accompanied by the hope that Russia will return to play its role in the international community".
"The hope is that a just peace will be achieved in Ukraine and that it will not be fictitious or fragile."
"NATO was born decades ago, it has a strong history and there is nothing that can break this bond, I have no fear. There is no danger that it can be broken."
Mattarella was speaking a day after Moscow threatened him with "consequences" after last week in Marseille he compared Russia to the Third Reich over its invasion of Ukraine, and amid a series of hacks of Italian institutional sites by pro-Russian hackers.
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