“Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had a new telephone conversation today with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, as a follow-up to the meeting a month ago in Granada on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit,” Meloni’s office at Palazzo Chigi said.

“Prime Minister Meloni confirmed the Italian government’s continued all-round support for the Ukrainian authorities with the goal of achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace”, it said.

Zelensky, the PM’s office said, “thanked the Prime Minister and the Italian government for their effective support to the Ukrainian institutions and population”.

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