Italy's president says Russia's invasion of Ukraine can't be solved by rewarding Moscow's aggression

Italy’s president says Russia’s penetration of Ukraine can’t beryllium solved by rewarding its aggression and bid tin lone travel erstwhile Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are restored

UNITED NATIONS -- Italy’s president told the U.N. General Assembly connected Tuesday that Russia’s penetration of Ukraine can’t beryllium solved by rewarding its aggression and bid tin lone travel erstwhile Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are restored.

Sergio Mattarella said Italy, which present heads the G7 meetings, and galore planetary partners person travel to Ukraine’s defence to enactment the rule that solidarity indispensable beryllium fixed to nations attacked by acts that interruption planetary instrumentality and the U.N. Charter.

“No state, nary substance however almighty oregon however equipped it is with a menacing atomic arsenal tin deliberation of violating principles, including the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independency of different state without facing sanctions,” helium said.

Mattarella said the extremity of 2 satellite wars and the illness of the Soviet Union had brought caller anticipation to Europe, and that “Russia has taken connected the large historical work of having brought warfare backmost to the bosom of the European continent.”

The Italian president stressed that Russia's penetration of Ukraine isn’t simply a determination struggle since Moscow wants to workout planetary influence. Russia is simply a veto-wielding imperishable subordinate of the U.N. Security Council, which is charged with ensuring planetary bid and security.

The warfare successful Ukraine, erstwhile 1 of the world’s main breadstuff baskets, has created food and vigor scarcities, particularly successful parts of Africa, helium said.

Mattarella added that the bid dividends that incentivized the allocation of resources to improvement alternatively of arms aft the extremity of the Cold War person been wasted arsenic Russia turns backmost clip and starts a caller arms race.

With the warfare successful Ukraine present successful its 3rd year, helium said Italy, its planetary partners and radical everyplace are committed to achieving a peaceful and long-lasting solution to the conflict.

“Not conscionable immoderate solution, though, fto unsocial a solution which would reward the aggressor and humiliate those being attacked, mounting a unsafe precedent for everyone," Mattarella said.

“If bid is to beryllium just and agelong lasting, it indispensable beryllium based connected the noble and inalienable principles of planetary instrumentality and the Charter of the United Nations,” helium added.