Giorgia Meloni Italian PM request PM Modi to push peace during meet
On Thursday, as foreign ministers from the world’s largest economies met in New Delhi, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for assistance in facilitating “just peace” in Ukraine.
During Meloni’s two-day visit to India, the first by an Italian prime minister in 5 years, coincides with a meeting of the G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi, where Russia’s year-long conflict in Ukraine has dominated discussions.
India has refused to blame Russia for the conflict, instead seeking a diplomatic solution and increasing its purchases of the cheapest Russian oil.
“We both convey the hope that India as G20 president can play a major role in facilitating negotiations towards a ceasefire and also a just peace,” Meloni briefed reporters at a common briefing with PM Modi, hailing him for “having the highest approval ratings in the world”.
Modi, who urged G20 ministers to find common ground on global issues earlier in the day, stated that India was willing to contribute to efforts to restore peace.
“India has made it obvious from the beginning of the Ukraine war that this dispute can only be settled through dialogue and also diplomacy, and India is all set to contribute to any peaceful response,” he stated.
Modi added that he spoke with Meloni about boosting collaboration in semiconductors, renewable energy, and green hydrogen.
India and Italy are attempting to mend fences damaged by the 2012 shooting of 2 fishermen by Italian marines off the southern Indian coast as they commemorate 75 years of diplomatic relations. For a long time, the atmosphere had been chilly.
After Rome paid $1.36 million in damages, India’s Supreme Court declared in June 2021 that it had ended all legal actions against two Italian marines related to the killing.
Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre, who was detained in February 2012 in connection with the incident, claimed that the deaths were an accident because they had mistaken the fishermen for pirates during on duty at the Italian oil tanker “Enrica Lexie” and fired warning shots.
A diplomatic controversy between the two nations resulted from the Indian court’s earlier decision to prevent the Italian ambassador from leaving the nation due to the shooting.
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