Macron After Summit With Meloni: France, Italy Strengthen Defense Cooperation And Support For Ukraine
Macron said that the summit was primarily aimed at strengthening French-Italian defense cooperation. He noted that during the discussions, the ministers had met to address shared priorities, including continued support for Ukraine, joint participation in peacekeeping operations, a common security and defense policy, and joint armaments programs, highlighting Franco-Italian successes such as the Aster missile family and the next-generation SAMP/T air defense system.
Read also: Macron thanks Starmer for support of Ukraine and strengthening UK–France cooperationAccording to him, France and Italy remain "natural and indispensable partners" for each other, and the current summit is intended to "project Franco-Italian relations into the future with clear objectives." Macron recalled that this was the logic of the previous interstate treaty, which created a "more ambitious and concrete framework" for the two countries.
The French president separately stressed the creation of new mechanisms for developing defense-industrial cooperation.
He added that the capability development roadmap and the bilateral Defense-Industrial Strategy Committee established that day would strengthen cooperation in defense capabilities and industry, supporting the European defense-industrial and technological base.
He also said that seven agreements were signed at the summit, along with arrangements between companies and key economic players from the two countries. According to Macron, they confirm the "concrete reality" of the Franco-Italian partnership.
In addition to defense, the sides discussed cooperation in energy, civilian nuclear industry, space, transport infrastructure, security, combating cross-border crime, and illegal migration.
As Ukrinform reported, French President Emmanuel Macron will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Antibes in southern France on June 25 for the first bilateral Franco-Italian summit since she took office.
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