united and cohesive – Time

The crisis in the Middle East is at the top of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s agenda. After the G7 meeting – with the condemnation of the Iranian attack and the common commitment to a diplomatic solution – the Prime Minister’s contacts with allies and international partners continue. Palazzo Chigi is tight-lipped about who she is listening to – the last phone call made public was last Tuesday with the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati -, but those who have seen her in recent hours describe her as very busy and strongly worried about a conflict that is spreading its shadows and which, one year after that dramatic 7 October, shows no sign of dying out.

While the government table on the Middle Eastern crisis remains convened on a permanent basis – contacts with the Farnesina and Defense continue – Meloni received the President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, at Palazzo Chigi, with whom he signed some agreements, in particular on the justice and culture. Immediately afterwards he spoke to Elly Schlein on the phone to take stock of the latest developments in the conflict in the Middle East, hoping for unity and cohesion – say those in the know – on the part of all the political forces in this difficult international situation. Well aware of how different sensitivities and positions exist in the opposition, Meloni is confident that we can still march together, out of a sense of responsibility and even more so considering the role that Italy plays at the helm of the G7. The prime minister, as far as we know, should not hear from other opposition leaders from now on, from Conte to Bonelli through to Fratoianni, Renzi and Calenda: she spoke with the leader of the main centre-left party so that her message could reach the others too of units.