Il Presidente del Consiglio

Il Presidente del Consiglio, Giorgia Meloni, nell’ambito dei continui contatti che sta intrattenendo sulla crisi in Medio Oriente, ha avuto oggi una nuova conversazione telefonica con il Primo Ministro di Israele, Benjamin Netanyahu.

We, the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy discussed the situation in the Middle East. We expressed our full support for ongoing efforts to de-escalate tensions and reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza.

We endorsed the joint call from President Biden, President Sisi of Egypt, and Amir Tamim of Qatar to renew talks later this week with an aim to concluding the deal as soon as possible, and stressed there is no further time to lose. All parties must live up to their responsibilities.

As part of the conversations she has been holding over the last few days on the situation in the Middle East, the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, had a telephone call today with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian.

With a Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers (‘DPCM’) signed by President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni, the deputy director of the Internal Information and Security Agency (‘Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna’, ‘AISI’), Giuseppe Del Deo, has been appointed deputy director of the Security Intelligence Department (‘Dipartimento delle informazioni per la sicurezza’, ‘DIS’). The current acting deputy chief of the Italian State Police, Prefect Vittorio Rizzi, is to be appointed as the new deputy director of AISI. Both decrees will be effective as of 2 September.