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ROME, Feb 12 (Reuters) – If former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi were still head of government, Vladimir Zelensky didn’t want to meet because he Russia at war with Ukraine blames the president, he said on Sunday.

86-year-old Berlusconi Russia Often until the invasion of Ukraine Russia boasted of his friendship with its president, Vladimir Putin, and caused a storm last September when he said that Putin was driven to war and wanted to put “decent people” in charge of Kiev.

of the country judge Berlusconi, the leader of the conservative Forza Italia party that is part of his coalition, on Friday accused Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of France Zelensky in Paris with France– By organizing a German dinner Ukraine on Europe He spoke after accusing the Union of undermining its unity. Europe allies.

“I never Zelensky I would not talk to him, because we are witnessing the destruction of his country, the slaughter of his soldiers and civilians,” Berlusconi told a journalist after voting at a polling station for regional elections in Lombardy.

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Berlusconi said that if Zelensky stopped the attack on the two separatist republics in Donbas, there would be no war. “So I have a very, very negative assessment of this gentleman’s behavior,” Berlusconi added.

Meloni’s office said that the Italian government’s support for Ukraine was “clearly expressed in the program and execution all of the majority that support the government parliament is definite and certain as confirmed in their votes”.

Berlusconi as well USAurged Zelensky to pressure Zelensky and threaten to stop sending arms to Ukraine, while promising a massive aid program if he agreed to an immediate ceasefire.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who is also a member of Forza Italia, said on Twitter that the party “always of Ukraine independence, Europe, NATO and was on the side of the West”.

Reporting by Giselda Vagnoni; Edited by David Holmes

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2023-02-13 09:40:37
Source – reuters

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