"We rigorously fulfill our international obligations on sanctions and therefore also on the seizures of the properties in Italy of the listed persons, which are not limited to movable assets. To date we are talking about a total value of around 900 million euros".
This was stated by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in an interview with the German newspaper Bild.
"We were timely and strict, and we will continue to be," he adds.
"As I was able to confirm to Minister Baerbock on the occasion of our meeting on Tuesday, Italy is available to contribute to the ongoing negotiation efforts, in the role of guarantor in possible neutrality solutions for Ukraine and offering its own experience on the subject. of models for the protection of minorities ".
"Like Germany, Italy too has always supported and will continue to favor a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine, which we believe is the only way to a sustainable peace but which unfortunately has not yet found space", she adds.
"Today the debate on the reform of the economic governance of the Union is going through a very important phase. We should focus first of all on the numerous meeting points that have already emerged and on the need to reconcile stability and growth, in order to soon arrive at a more credible and seriously applied framework".
"The Russian aggression against Ukraine also requires maximum European compactness on this front", he adds, underlining that "the definition of a new framework of rules is made even more necessary by the increased need for investments in strategic European public goods. and for the acceleration of the energy transition ".
"In light of the changed geopolitical context and our shared climate priorities,
energy and defense it will be essential to reach a broad agreement and I am convinced that all the conditions are in place to do so in full respect of the respective national sensitivities.
I hope - he concludes - that this will already happen in the coming months, in line with the wishes of the European Commission ".