“Genoa has already been bombed, and many, in history, during the Second World War it was terrible and we absolutely cannot imagine that something similar will happen again”. Thus the mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci on the sidelines of the CISL congress commented on the fact that the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during his speech to the House in parliament mentioned the Ligurian capital. “Certainly we do not want to imagine Genoa bombed, from a certain point of view we can consider it almost a compliment that he mentioned us, we try to see only the positive aspect and we reaffirm that our city only wants peace”.
“They are two beautiful cities, Mariupol and Genoa and we are absolutely for peace. The fact that he mentioned Genoa means that he knows it, it could be an idea to invite the Ukrainian president to Genoa, we hope that it will all end soon and that he can come here “, so again Marco Bucci, mayor of Genoa, commenting on the words of Volodymyr Zelensky.
Bucci on Zelensky: “I understand what you hear, we don’t want war”
Just today the news arrived that Russia will desert Euroflora, the international horticultural event in which it should have participated for the first time at the Parks of nerves, from 23 April to 8 May. “We had also planned an exhibition in Moscow in the autumn which for the moment is on stand-by – adds Bucci – we are waiting to see the developments, but it is not right to give up cultural events, even for the Russian population itself. However, there are also others considerations to make: we do not want to interrupt all relations, we will evaluate case by case “.
“It is a brutal image, in its simplicity, which gives a good idea of what that nation is feeling, which gives the creeps and makes you think. I believe that parliament did well to listen to Zelensky because there can be no pretenses and no nuances: today there is a people attacked and it is the Ukrainian one and there is a government and an aggressor state which is that of Russia “, comments the president of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti.
“Genoa, gold medal of the Resistance, knows what it means to fight for Freedom. Genoa is close to Mariupol, Kharkiv, Odessa and is grateful to those who resist for peace. Liguria and Italy are with Ukraine. that reasonableness prevails, but the Italian government, the European Union and the West must continue to do, with great determination, what they have done up to now “, continues the governor.