"Our position is clear. We believe that peace talks are necessary at the moment. Countries like the US continue to deliver weapons to Ukrainians. I do not think that this is a priority now," Conte told journalists after his meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, adding that "there is no more need for arms deliveries on the part of Italy."
"In other countries, in Germany, in the US the information about arms deliveries is published on websites, not classified," the ex-prime minister said.
"If you conceive our Euro-Atlantic position as blind obedience to decisions made elsewhere, there is a contradiction. But if you believe that Italy can become the central figure in the decisions of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance and that our country can contribute to the pivot to negotiations, there is no contradiction," Conte said.