Italy said it would be premature to join the bloc\u2019s arms initiative amid ongoing peace talks<\/p>\n
Italy will not join the NATO initiative to buy US weapons for Ukraine while peace negotiations are underway, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said.
\nThe EU has renewed its push to finance additional arms deliveries to Kiev amid signals from Washington that it will seek a diplomatic solution to end the conflict.
\n\u201dWe hope no more weapons will be needed in the coming months\u2026 if a ceasefire comes,\u201d Tajani said on Wednesday, as cited by Italian media.
\nRome had earlier expressed their readiness to join NATO\u2019s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, under which the bloc\u2019s members fund weapons based on a wishlist drafted by Kiev. Italy is the first EU country to openly question whether Ukraine should receive more weapons while ceasefire talks are ongoing, Bloomberg noted.
\nThe US has renewed its push for a settlement, with Russian President Vladimir Putin hosting White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on Tuesday. Putin described the discussions as \u201cnecessary\u201d and \u201cuseful,\u201d though he said parts of Washington\u2019s proposal were unacceptable. US President Donald Trump said the envoys left Moscow confident that both sides want to end the conflict.<\/p>\n
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Italy has backed Ukraine since 2022, however tensions have grown within Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni\u2019s coalition recently over further support. Her deputy Matteo Salvini has argued that supplying more weapons will not end the conflict and could fuel further corruption in Ukraine, referring to the recent graft scandal rocking Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s government.
\nSeveral other EU states, including Spain, Portugal and Hungary, resisted new military packages this year, citing concerns over an escalation and the burden on national budgets.
\nDespite the divisions, the European Commission is pressing ahead with plans to continue arming Ukraine, including through EU-level borrowing and a contested \u2018reparations loan\u2019 backed by frozen Russian assets.<\/p>\n
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Moscow has repeatedly condemned Western arms deliveries to Ukraine, arguing they prolong the fighting without altering its outcome. Putin said last month that EU leaders exaggerate the threat posed by Russia to justify higher military spending and channel public funds into the arms industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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