Developments in the Middle East and Ukraine are the main topics on the agenda of the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven of the world’s most powerful economies (G7), who are meeting today and tomorrow in Fuji and Annani, a few kilometers outside Rome.

During today’s working day, the main focus is on the Middle East and in particular on supporting efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, on humanitarian aid to the civilian population and on the future political stabilization of the wider region, based on the “two states for two peoples” solution.

The foreign ministers of the G7 countries, at the same time, consider it absolutely necessary to take initiatives that lead to the de-escalation of the tension between Israel and Iran.

On her initiative Italy it will also be discussed what may be the consequences of the recent decision of the International Criminal Court in The Hague with the issuance of international arrest warrants against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuof former Defense Minister Yoav Galand and a senior Hamas figure.

“We support the International Criminal Court but it must act based on law and not on politics. I have some reservations about the usefulness of choosing this Court at a time when we need to achieve peace,” said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

Tomorrow, the heads of diplomacy of the seven most powerful countries of the West will consider the issue of Ukraine, with participation in the work of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Shubina. It is to be discussed how to continue to provide support to Kiev in light of the alarming escalation of Russian attacks, Vladimir Putin’s new moves in the highly sensitive area of ​​nuclear weapons and the participation of troops from North Korea in hostilities. . There will also be detailed reference to the reconstruction of Ukraine, a topic that will be the subject of the international conference that will be organized in Rome next July.