“We still don’t see any signs of a de-escalation from Moscow.” NATO, through the mouth of its Secretary General Stoltenberg, continues to show more than a doubt about Vladimir Putin’s real desire to withdraw his troops from the borders with Ukraine, and concretely begin the normalization process of the most delicate crisis of the last 50 years. “Peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area is still at risk,” said Stoltenberg. Satellite images of the Russian-Ukrainian border show that Russia, as announced last Thursday, has indeed withdrawn some military equipment, but also that other means have arrived and that in any case the Moscow army has still deployed many soldiers and also material near the border.
The bilateral Di Maio-Lavrov
In this difficult context, the bilateral meeting between our Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov opened in Moscow. “Italy has always been committed to the front row for a diplomatic solution, and we can count on us to achieve it,” Di Maio said at the beginning of the summit.