Italy will not join US PURL programme to buy weapons for Ukraine

Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto reaffirmed the country's decision not to join the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List initiative to supply Ukraine with U.S. weapons.

Italy will not join US PURL programme to buy weapons for Ukraine
Guido Crosetto
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​Italy ​will not ‌join the Prioritised ​Ukraine Requirements List ‌initiative to supply Ukraine with U.S. weapons, the defence minister ‌told parliament on Wednesday.

"We have ‌said no from the beginning, and it is ⁠still ​a ⁠no," minister Guido Crosetto, a key ⁠figure within Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's ​Brothers of Italy party, ⁠said during a question time ⁠session ​at the lower house of parliament.

Earlier ⁠this week, Crosetto met U.S. ⁠Defense ⁠Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington.

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