I want to thank them for supporting you and supporting Ukraine. “Italy and the United States are also standing strong with Ukraine, and I compliment you on your very strong support in defending against Russian atrocities, and that’s what they are,” Biden told Meloni at the start of their Oval Office meeting, in which he warmly spoke of Meloni as his friend. Her visit came as Italy prepares to take up the presidency next year of the Group of Seven industrialized nations. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday thanked far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni for Italy’s steady backing of Ukraine, offering a warm welcome to the White House to a leader that his administration saw with some trepidation when she rose to power last year as the head of Italy’s first far-right-led government since the end of World War II.īiden administration concerns about her ideology have been eased by her support for Ukraine and her seeming openness to pull back from Italy’s participation in China’s infrastructure-building Belt and Road Initiative. ![]() ![]() By AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM and FRANCES D’EMILIO (Associated Press)
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