Italy backs Ukraine military aid through 2026 after coalition clash


Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, next to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, attends a question time at the lower house of parliament in Rome, Italy March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

ROME, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Italy's cabinet ‌on Monday approved a decree to keep military aid flowing to Ukraine through ‌2026, sealing a coalition compromise after weeks of debate that exposed divisions over ‌foreign policy within Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government.

The accord followed threats by the far-right League, which had close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin before Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, to abstain on the measure and ‍thereby exacerbate rifts over Italy's stance on the war.

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