At the same time, the Italian Foreign Minister said that the priority for the country is to continue the negotiation process.
The head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Mayo said that Italy is ready to become one of the guarantors of Ukraine's neutral status , Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“The main priority for us is to continue the negotiation process. The actions taken by Turkey are commended. The results of the negotiations will be analyzed. Italy is ready to act as a guarantor of Ukraine's neutral status, “the Italian minister told reporters in Baku on Saturday.
According to him, as a result of sanctions against Russia, the issue of accelerating the expansion of the energy sector has arisen.
“In this context, Italy pays special attention to the development of cooperation with reliable partners with great potential, including Azerbaijan,” said the Italian Foreign Minister.
Di Mayo also added that “Italy, within the framework of the energy security plan, aims to distance itself from the Russian market.”
“To this end, Rome intends to step up its work towards the Mediterranean region,” he added.
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It will be recalled that the head of the legal group at the talks between Ukraine and Russia, Alexander Chaly, said that security guarantees should be analogous to Article 5 of NATO. This means that an attack on our state will be considered an attack on all signatories. Chaly noted that if they agree, our side agrees to permanent neutrality, non-alignment and non-nuclear. But nothing should contradict Ukraine's right to join the EU.
The head of the Ukrainian delegations David Arahamiya told who Ukraine wants to see as signatories of security guarantees. He also said that the document will not apply to the temporarily occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea, as issues have not yet been resolved.
Earlier , the United States declared its readiness to act as one of the guarantors of Ukraine's security. Then the same thing was said in Germany. Andrei Ermak, the head of the OPU, had previously stated Italy's readiness to become a guarantor . At the same time, British Deputy Prime Minister Dominique Raab said that London would consider Ukraine's request , but he ruled out taking guarantees that NATO countries have.
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