MELONI: IT'S TIME FOR EUROPE TO FIND A WAY TO INTERACT WITH MOSCOW

ROME, JUNE 11 /SRNA/ - It's time for Europe to find ways to interact with Moscow, said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
"I continue to emphasize the need for Europe to start joint, pragmatic discussions on ways to interact with Moscow.

Efforts to protect legal borders do not prevent us from keeping open the channels that are necessary to achieve our goals, because the EU must be ready to engage in dialogue, while following someone else's lead would be a mistake," Meloni said in an address to the Italian Parliament.

Meloni believes that Europe should take an important role in the "scenario of finding a peaceful solution for Russia and Ukraine," and to define the terms it can influence.

"We should create the conditions for peace, working together with our allies to ensure reliable security guarantees for Ukraine and a new European security architecture that can ensure long-term stability," Meloni said.

She stressed the importance of maintaining Euro-Atlantic unity and strengthening cooperation between Europe and the United States.

"It is not always an easy task, but it must be fulfilled. However, coordination does not mean the delegation of powers.

As for the process of finding a peaceful solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, many conditions depend on Europe, concern it and affect it, and it is up to Europe to engage in the talks," Meloni noted.

She called for the appointment of an EU representative for Ukraine, but did not mention specific names. Italian government sources told TASS that Rome had no specific candidate.