(Finance) – Nel G7 final document could be inserted sanctions on Iran. The agreement – as confirmed by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani – is on the table of the G7 Foreign Affairs meeting in Capri which opened today under the Italian presidency. “During the discussions here in Capri, we will address the question of what type of sanctions to apply to Iran, because an attack like the one launched against Israel cannot remain unanswered. Yesterday during the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union the The EU’s orientation was to impose sanctions on those who supplied missiles and drones which were then launched against Ukraine, against Israel or against merchant ships in the Red Sea. We want prudence to always prevail – said Tajani – yesterday Foreign Minister of Israel and I told him what our position was. Israel achieved a military victory because 99% of Iranian missiles and drones did not reach the target, the Israeli defense won. Now we need to see what will happen, what kind of reaction there will be, we will talk about it and we will certainly work together for a de-escalation.”
According to what Ansa reports, citing sources following the dossier, “it should be about individual sanctions on persons involved in the supply chain of drones and missiles, which is the same chain of command that supplies them to Russia. In essence “a political message” from the West.
A response to Washington, after the United States made the first move on the sanctions front. The EU also converges on the new sanctions linked to Tehran’s weapons which – as emerged from Leaders’ Council meeting in Brussels – said it was ready to take further restrictive measures against Iran, in particular in relation to unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles. “It is a duty” to broaden the scope of sanctions against Iran, underlined the French president Emmanuel Macron from the capital of Belgium.
In Capri David Cameron called for coordinated measures between the big seven, while the German Annalena Baerbock has proposed extending the crackdown on Tehran to its drones as well. L’EU High Representative Josep Borrell he agreed, also speaking of a missile hypothesis.