G-7 seeks single position on International Criminal Court arrest warrant against Netanyahu
The foreign ministers of the G7, the group of seven most industrialized democracies in the world, seek at a new summit in Italy a “unique” position on the arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , between divisions. The host minister, Antonio Tajani, had asked his G7 partners to analyze the CPI arrest order, while his Government, chaired by the far-right Giorgia Meloni, has questioned the ruling and has not guaranteed that it would comply.
“I have maintained that it was necessary to have a single position on the ICC decision, we have talked about it, we will see if we can have a part dedicated to this in the final statement,” Tajani simply explained in a meeting with the press. For the moment, he assured that the G7 mediators “are working to find an agreement” and draft “a text that allows us to have a single position.”
The foreign ministers of the G7 (Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom) meet until tomorrow in the Italian towns of Fiuggi and Anagni (center), in the second summit of this type, after that of Capri in April, during this year under the rotating presidency of Rome. Tajani had advanced his willingness to present to his allies an analysis of the arrest warrant against Netanyahu, his former Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, and a senior Hamas official considered its military chief, Mohammed Deif, who is believed to have died in the conflict.
The Italian government coalition has expressed discordant positions on eventual compliance with the ruling: Prime Minister Meloni has limited herself to saying that she must first read the motivations for the ruling while Vice President Matteo Salvini has assured that Netanyahu would be “welcome” in the country. . The group of powers, for its part, also maintains important divisions in this regard. The United States, which is not part of the CPI, rejects the ruling, while other countries such as the United Kingdom have advanced that they would abide by it.
