(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 13 - "It seems to me that by now we can affirm that the exponential increase in the migratory phenomenon that departs from the African coasts is also, to a significant extent, part of a clear strategy of hybrid warfare that the Wagner division, hired mercenaries of Russia, is implementing, using its relevant weight in some African countries".
This was stated by the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto.
"The EU, NATO and the West - observes Crosetto - just as they realized that cyber attacks were part of the global confrontation that the Ukrainian conflict has opened, today it would be appropriate for them to understand that the southern European front is also becoming more dangerous every day. They should also take note that the uncontrolled and continuous immigration, added to the economic and social crisis, becomes a way to strike the most exposed countries, above all Italy, and their geostrategic choices, clear and sharp".
The Atlantic Alliance, he adds, "is consolidated if the problems that arise from collective choices are also shared, but it risks cracking if the countries most exposed to retaliation of various kinds (such as opening the immigration" taps "by some States) they are left alone".
(HANDLE).