Cirielli: "With another policy we would have avoided the war in Ukraine" The deputy foreign minister: 'If you act like an imperialist, the others will stiffen' "A softer, more diplomatic policy - he added - helps to find peace. Rigid, aggressive and imperialist policies are always negative.

This does not justify the violation of international law", he said. "To those who accuse us of cynicism: goodness and rights must be proclaimed in a concrete way," he added.