ROME (ITALPRESS) – “Yesterday was a beautiful day for the Italian system, it was a beautiful day for me, I have not felt a greater emotion in these two years when I called Cecilia Sala’s mother.” Premier Giorgia Meloni said this during the annual press conference organized in Montecitorio by the National Council of the Order of Journalists and the Parliamentary Press Association.
“A great many factors intervene on such a complex case,” she added. “It is not a job I did alone, many issues intervene, it was a complex work of diplomatic triangulation, with the United States and Iran. There was no breakthrough moment, a series of pieces were put together. The interlocutions with Iran are mainly diplomatic and intelligence in nature.”
“There are more than 500 Italians in Iran, you have to be very careful how you move. As for Abedini’s case, the case is being examined by the Ministry of Justice, both technical and political,” Meloni stressed.
“We need to continue discussions with our American friends as well,” she added. “I would have talked about it with President Biden as well, but the visit to Rome was canceled” because of the fire in Los Angeles. “Interlocutions will be there, the work is still very complex,” Meloni stressed.
“On the resignation of Elisabetta Belloni, I have read many reconstructions that do not correspond to the truth, Ambassador Belloni decided to anticipate the expiration of her tenure to avoid ending up in the meat grinder that usually accompanies such important appointments,” the premier later said in response to a question on the resignation of the Dis director.
“Elisabetta Belloni is a capable, long-time official my esteem and relationship with her is unaffected,” he added. “I foresee that her journey does not end here. The events of these days have nothing to do with her resignation.” Then the announcement that the Council of Ministers this afternoon will appoint Prefect Vittorio Rizzi as the new director of the Dis.
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