Meloni announced Italy's participation in the "Peace Council" as an observer

Italy intends to respond positively to the invitation it received from the United States to join the "Peace Council", created on the initiative of American leader Donald Trump, as an observer. This was announced on February 14 by the country's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.

"We were invited as an observer country, in our opinion, this is a good solution to the problem of constitutional compatibility, which has clearly arisen," the Corriere della Sera newspaper quoted her as saying to reporters on the sidelines of the summit in Addis Ababa.

Meloni clarified that her state has "done and is doing" a lot of work in the Middle East. Rome intends to continue its efforts in this direction. The Italian prime minister added that there would probably be a positive response to the invitation from the American side.

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On January 23, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, taking part in a press conference with the Italian Prime Minister, said that Germany could not accept the governing structure of the Peace Council, as it did not comply with his country's constitutional considerations. Trump, in turn, said that Italy needs the approval of the country's legislature to include it in the "Peace Council."

On January 20, Egypt accepted an invitation to join the Peace Council organization. Azerbaijan, Argentina, Bahrain, Belarus, Hungary, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Israel, and Morocco have previously agreed to the initiative to join the council. After that, on January 21, the initiative of the US president was officially supported in a statement by the foreign ministers of eight Middle Eastern countries — Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt.

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