Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on the sidelines of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Kyiv. As it turned out, the meeting with Tajani is one of the few that the Ukrainian leader had, apart from the meeting with Borrell, “in the spirit of great and special mutual friendship between the governments”, according to the Italian media, quoted by Rador Radio Romania. .

The head of the Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Ukraine will be a priority of Italy’s G7 agenda, and Zelensky welcomed today’s statement on Italy’s patronage in the reconstruction of Odesa.

Italy is ready to help Ukraine in the protection of infrastructure and in view of the coming winter and is already working on the eighth package of weapons that will be sent to Kyiv, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani said during the meeting that he has . with Zelenskyi in Kyiv.

Tajani also assured that Italy will specifically help Ukraine during its accession to the EU and through the support of some institutions, for example, the Financial Guard.