“I am optimistic about Lebanon”declared the head of Italian diplomacy, Antonio Tajani, who chaired a meeting of G7 foreign ministers near Rome on Monday. These statements come in a context of growing international pressure for a ceasefire: after a call on Sunday in Beirut by the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, for a “immediate ceasefire”The UN made a similar call on Monday.
Italy, which holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven (France, United States, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy), included on Monday on the agenda a session dedicated to the expanded Middle East for Saudi ministers Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, as well as the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
This G7 ministerial also discussed the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and the head of Hamas’s armed wing, Mohammed Deif. “We talked about it. Let’s see if we can participate in the final press release dedicated to this.”said about this ICC decision that deeply divided the international community. “We may not agree with the way the government [de Nétanyahou] reacted after the massacre of October 7 »Tajani estimated, although he admitted “that we must negotiate with Netanyahu to achieve peace in Lebanon and Palestine”.
