«Italy offers its willingness to make its naval units available on the basis of parliamentary authorization according to our constitutional rules. It is a commitment in line with the Aspides and Atalanta missions.” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this in statements to the press at the end of the conference on maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, at the Elysée.
“A key principle of international law must be affirmed on Hormuz”
«Freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz – continued Meloni – is an absolutely central issue for Italy, for Europe, for the international community as a whole. It is about affirming a key principle of international law, a principle that applies to Hormuz and clearly to any other passage on which global supply chains depend. But this is obviously an issue of enormous economic importance.” «As we know, around 20% of the world’s consumption of oil and liquid natural gas passes through the Strait of Hormuz, but not only that. Fertilizers are often mentioned, another fundamental issue on which the food security of millions of people depends, especially in the most fragile contexts.”