Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi and Brothers of Italy leader Georgia Meloni at a center-right coalition campaign rally. File photoMOSCOW, Sept 29Russia is ready to cooperate with the new government of Italy, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. a principled approach — we respect the democratic will of the people, which was formalized in the form of elections,» Zakharova said at a briefing. Brothers of Italy» promised support to Zelensky. At the same time, Zakharova stressed that the current international situation leaves a significant imprint on relations with Italy. According to her, the key mechanisms of bilateral cooperation have been undermined, significant damage has been done to economic cooperation in trade and energy, contacts on security issues in Europe have been curtailed, and humanitarian ties are artificially blocked. «It is probably premature to talk about the prospects for Russian-Italian relations in theory, because everything should depend on the specific actions and steps taken by the Italian authorities in practice. We have not destroyed relations with anyone, we defend our positions, which we argued, and which are of a legal nature, «the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Center-right coalition in Italy
