Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on
Thursday summoned the Russian ambassador to Italy after an
"umpteenth" attack by Moscow on President Sergio Mattarella.
Tajani, who is also deputy premier, said he "severely condemns
the latest verbal attack from Russia" on the Italian head of
State.
"The President of the Republic is a man of peace and a symbol
of national and European unity," he said.
Following the attack, Tajani asked the Secretary General of the Farnesina (foreign ministry), Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia, to summon the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Rome.
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