Meloni: agreement still complicated but finally possible. Tajani and Salvini: step forward. Fi leader: still a lot of work

Progress but still no agreement on Ukraine and no mention of a ceasefire or a trilateral summit with Volodymir Zelensky. It is in Donald Trump's words the summary of the almost three-hour meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska: 'There is no agreement until there is agreement', the pun used by the US president. A few hours after the meeting came the first reactions from Italian politics.

The Italian government is closely following the dossier. After the phone call with Trump about the US president's meeting with Putin, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni participated in a call with Zelensky and other EU leaders.

"I consider it positive that some glimmer of peace is opening up in Ukraine," Meloni commented after the round of phone calls with Trump, Zelensky and the other European leaders. The agreement is still complicated but finally possible, especially after the stalemate that has existed for many months along the front line. Only Ukraine will be able to negotiate on terms and on its own territories. The crucial point remains that of security guarantees to ward off new Russian invasions and this is the aspect on which the most interesting news was recorded in Anchorage. Only strong and credible guarantees in this regard can prevent new wars and aggression. In this regard, President Trump today took up the Italian idea of security guarantees based on Article 5 of NATO. The starting point of the proposal,' he added, 'is the definition of a collective security clause that would allow Ukraine to benefit from the support of all its partners, including the USA, ready to take action if it is attacked again. The European states remain united in their support for Ukraine at this stage of negotiations. The road to peace is not an easy one, but it is important that it has been taken.

"Earlier this morning, President Trump briefed us and President Zelensky following his meeting with the Russian president in Alaska on 15 August 2025. The leaders - reads a joint statement signed by Council President Giorgia Meloni, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, France President Emmanuel Macron, Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland President Alexander Stubb, Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk and European Council President Antonio Costa - welcomed President Trump's efforts to stop the killings in Ukraine, end Russia's war of aggression and achieve a just and lasting peace." "As President Trump stated, 'there is no deal until there is a deal'," the note continued, "as envisaged by President Trump, the next step must now be to continue talks, including with President Zelensky, whom he will meet with soon."

In the majority, therefore, the comments on the summit are positive. "It seems to me that a step forward has been taken towards peace", even if "there is still a lot of work to be done", Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani remarked to tg4 Special, after the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. "The Italian government supports President Trump's action, the work of the United States, but at the same time they are ready to actively collaborate, together with European countries, in the realisation of a Trump summit with Zelensky and Putin."