(Finance) – The Prime Minister Mario Draghi landed at Washington for his first official visit in the United States. The Premier at 2 pm (local time when it is 8 pm in Italy) he will meet the President Joe Biden at the White House.
“This afternoon I will host the Italian Premier Mario Draghi at the White House – wrote on Twitter – Biden. I look forward to reaffirming the friendship and strong cooperation between our two nations and to discuss our continued support for Ukraine. “
Obviously, al center of discussion of the two President the conflict Russian-Ukrainian. In particular, the sanctions in Moscow and the energy supply will be discussed in the light of the protraction of the war and more generally they will be reaffirmed “the excellent relations and the solidity of the transatlantic link”.
In the USA Dragons he will also be the spokesperson for the shared line with the allies of the EU and the G7: will reiterate the condemnation of the Russian invasion together with the military support to Kiev to allow the Ukrainians to defend themselves and importance to European action that can make the difference in the negotiations with a view to a peace solution.
In the meantime, the pressure of those pushing for a negotiated solution to the Moscow-Kiev war is growing in our home. “We must support Ukraine and its army for its legitimate defense and at the same time Italy will continue to work for peace. But we cannot think of providing weapons to hit Russian soil”, says the Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio. While, on Draghi’s mission in the US, the Northern League player Salvini says: “I hope it leads Biden to use more moderate tones.”
The Premier’s agenda is very dense tomorrow, Wednesday May 11 in Washington, he will visit the US Congress meeting all the parliamentarians and especially the speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, already met in Rome in October. Also during the day the meeting with the press at the Italian embassy, finally in the evening, before returning to Italy, Draghi will be at the Atlantic Council where she will receive the Distinguished Leadership Award.
Meanwhile, the prime minister will introduce himself Thursday 19 May at 3pm in the Senate room and will read its information. This was announced by the vice president of Palazzo Madama Anna Rossomando, reporting what emerged from the meeting of the group leaders: Draghi, therefore, will speak in the context of the so-called ‘premier time’. Therefore, the request of the Cinquestelle Movement, expressed on several occasions by Giuseppe Conte who still would have wanted it in the courtroom before the trip in Use.