Premier Giorgia Meloni has spoken on
the phone with the President of the European Council Antonio
Costa ahead of an informal summit on European defence scheduled
to take place on February 3, according to a note issued by her
office at Palazzo Chigi on Tuesday.
During the conversation, Meloni "stressed the need to concretely
strengthen the European pillar of NATO, including on the front
of the competitiveness of the European industry of the sector,
through a full complementarity of EU initiatives and programmes
in the defence area", said the note.
The two leaders "moreover shared the importance and urgency of
working on new and more effective common tools to support the
necessary significant investments", the note said.
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