Italy, Saudi Arabia ink $10 billion cooperation and industrial deals
- Italy supports Saudi Arabia joining the GCAP fighter jet programme, as stated by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
- Meloni noted that including Saudi Arabia will take time and is not immediate.
- Meloni and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed an agreement to strengthen ties on Sunday.
- The leaders discussed enhancing cooperation and regional developments during their meeting in Al-Ula.
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Meloni Criticism on Saudi Partnership Highlights Left’s Hypocrisy
Giorgia Meloni wasn’t exactly heaped with praise when she announced on Monday new agreements with Saudi Arabia, worth around €10 billion—the beginning, she said, of improved “strategic cooperation with this important player in the Gulf and in the wider Mediterranean.” Instead, Italian opposition figures were quick to accuse the prime minister of flip-flopping, pointing in particular to a 2019 clip of Meloni criticising the lack of civil rights …
Italy's $10 Billion Strategic Partnership with Saudi Arabia
Italy's $10 Billion Strategic Partnership with Saudi Arabia Italy has strengthened its strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia, signing agreements pegged at around $10 billion, announced Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after her meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Among the landmark deals, Italy's export credit agency, SACE, pledged $3 billion in loan guarantees for the NEOM real estate project, a pivotal part of Saudi Arab…
“The opposition will do anything to me but there is no contradiction between what I said yesterday and what I do today.” This is how Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, at a press point in Al'Ula in Saudi Arabia, rejects the accusations of the oppositions that are currently re-proposing the far from benevolent statements that the leader made about Bin Salman before going to the government. “Italy and Saudi Arabia are two nations that have an interest…


Italy Supports Saudi Arabia Joining GCAP Fighter-Jet Program, PM Meloni Says
The U.K., Italy and Japan have already partnered on the Global Combat Air Programme, which aims to put a new stealth fighter with supersonic capability in the skies by 2035.
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