Rome, 28 July (LaPresse) – “I’ve long heard it said that helping Ukraine means prolonging the conflict, but I’ve never heard anyone in a hospital say that giving a blood transfusion or administering medicine means prolonging the illness. Of course, if we don’t treat them, they die and we free up the bed sooner; so if we don’t help Ukraine, it will disappear and we’ll be rid of a problem. I don’t approach international political issues in this way, and I apologise for that, but aid to Ukraine is like medicine for a patient – it is what has helped it survive so far; it is not something that has kept the war going.” This was stated by Defence Minister Guido Crosetto during the follow-up hearing on the outcomes of the NATO summit in Ankara before the joint Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, alongside Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. “The Government has been clear on this from the outset,” added Crosetto, “and continues to be clear. It seems to me that we are continuing to do so; we have put together 13 aid packages, and Minister Tajani and I have always maintained the same position. You will always find us holding the same view and standing by our position.”
Ukraine, Crosetto: “Aid has kept it alive; it does not prolong the war”
Rome, 28 July (LaPresse) – “I’ve long heard it said that helping Ukraine means prolonging the conflict, but I’ve never heard anyone in a hospital say that giving a blood transfusion or administering medicine means prolonging the illness. Of course, if we don’t treat them, they die and we free up the bed sooner; so if we don’t help Ukraine, it will disappear and we’ll be rid of a problem. I don’t approach international political issues in this way, and I apologise for that, but aid to Ukraine is like medicine for a patient – it is what has helped it survive so far; it is not something that has kept the war going.” This was stated by Defence Minister Guido Crosetto during the follow-up hearing on the outcomes of the NATO summit in Ankara before the joint Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, alongside Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. “The Government has been clear on this from the outset,” added Crosetto, “and continues to be clear. It seems to me that we are continuing to do so; we have put together 13 aid packages, and Minister Tajani and I have always maintained the same position. You will always find us holding the same view and standing by our position.”
