Meloni sees Trump: working for Gaza ceasefire

"On the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, and on the eve of the session dedicated to foreign policy issues, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump". This was reported in a note from Palazzo Chigi, explaining that "the talks allowed for a discussion of the most recent developments in Iran, reaffirming the opportunity to reopen the road to negotiations".

During her conversation with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni 'also reiterated the need, at this time, to work towards a ceasefire in Gaza'.

The conversation finally allowed the Council president to confirm 'the importance of reaching an agreement on the EU-US trade negotiations and to address the issue of the prospects for the forthcoming NATO summit in The Hague'.

The bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the US President on the sidelines of the G7 took place on a wooden bench at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, the summit venue. The meeting was immortalised in images released by Palazzo Chigi, in which Meloni can be seen leaning forward talking to the US president, who attended the dinner with which the first day of the summit closes before returning to Washington

The PM's conviction is that in the medium term one of the possible solutions for the Middle East is 'the easing of pressure' on the Strip. She said this to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call before flying to Canada, and reiterated it in Kananaskis to her interlocutors. The confrontation with the American president came at a crucial moment in Meloni's agenda. Not least because Italy, like the other countries at the table, was taken aback by the tycoon's support for the idea that Vladimir Putin could act as a mediator between Israel and Iran.