'Diesel deal is none of Meloni's business' says Moscow

(ANSA) - ROME, 14 OTT - The diesel deal between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir is "not Giorgia Meoin's business", Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told ANSA after the Italian premier criticised the deal Wednesday. "First of all, it is none of her business. Secondly, refer back to point one," said Zakharova. Trump agreed with Putin to resume buying some Russian diesel. Meloni said earlier Wednesday Trump's deal on Russian diesel is risky and legitimizes Moscow. "The deal on Russian diesel announced last Friday by US President Donald Trump is a move I consider very risky." she said during her address to the Senate ahead of the European Council meeting on Thursday and Friday. She explained that "the surge in fuel prices is due primarily to the war in Iran, not the conflict in Ukraine. "Consequently, the outcome of this move is questionable, while the risks are clear: legitimizing Moscow while its bombs continue to fall on Ukrainian cities, generating new revenue to finance the war, and implicitly weakening the leverage of sanctions—these are factors we cannot ignore, and they contradict the actions taken so far by Western nations, including the United States, to press Putin to come to the negotiating table." (ANSA).
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