The EU naval mission in the Red Sea “is mainly defence policy,” she told Quarta Repubblica on the Berlusconi channel Retequattro.
“Fifteen per cent of world trade passes through there, preventing the passage of products means a disproportionate increase in prices, we cannot accept the threat of the Houthis in the Red Sea,” Meloni explained.
“Italy has always supported the defence of freedom of navigation, we do so within the framework of our regulations.
“For this European defence mission, we do not have to go through Parliament, but the US one would have meant a parliamentary passage.
“Italy is there, it takes responsibility.”
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