The country's foreign ministry has warned Italians still in Lebanon that "those who can should return".
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00:00There are 4,000 Italians living in Lebanon and our priority is to protect both them and
00:07our troops deployed to the country.
00:09We are ready for any event should the situation deteriorate.
00:13That's the message given on Tuesday by Italy's Foreign Secretary Antonio Tajani in a parliamentary
00:18briefing.
00:19The Italian government said Tajani is closely monitoring the situation while urging regional
00:23leaders asking them for a de-escalation of tensions.
00:27Last Sunday, under the Italian Presidency, the minister called a G7 meeting to discuss
00:31the ongoing crisis.
00:33The group of seven expressed their support for US President Joe Biden's plan and the
00:37need for a ceasefire in Gaza.
00:39We have rarely had such a tense situation.
00:42If we think that this morning Russia started to deliver weapons to Iran, it shows that
00:48there is an opposite front to ours.
00:50The Western Front, which aims to protect the interests of international law, to protect
00:57the aggressors and to spread the principles of peace and democracy, the Western Front
01:03must trust its actors so that if someone is distracted by something else, there can be
01:09other actors who can bring peace.
01:12From this point of view, there is a lot of confidence in the work that the Meloni government
01:15is doing at the national, European and international level.
01:20Meanwhile, opposition parties have attacked Israel and the Italian government for failing
01:24to recognize the Palestinian state.
01:50Recent developments, both in Lebanon and in Iran, seem to have stalled ceasefire talks,
01:57which are crucial to easing tensions.
02:00Neither Israel nor Iran is looking for an all-out war, although they seem unlikely to
02:04listen to calls for restraint.
02:07Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.