Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said
Friday that the Italian Constitution forbids the government from
allowing Kyiv to use the weapons it gives Ukraine on targets in
Russian territory. Many of Italy's allies have said they will
allow Ukraine to use their weapons for strikes inside Russian
territory after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's
suggested Kyiv should get the all-clear for this. "Every state
has its own laws, its own Constitution," Crosetto said at the
national conference of Confindustria's Young Entrepreneurs in
Rapallo. "Article 11 of our Constitution imposes caveats on us
with respect to the use of the weapons we give to Ukraine. "They
must be used for the defence of Ukraine, which includes striking
the Russians in Ukraine, but they cannot be used on the
territory of another country. "This is my opinion, it is shared
by the Premier (Giorgia Meloni) and (Foreign) Minister (Antonio)
Tajani".
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