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October 14, 2019 "Italy and France urge Turkey to immediately cease military operations in the north east of Syria, condemning them. It is crucial that the EU maintain a united position on Syria and speak with one voice". This is the message that the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, and his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, shared in a bilateral before the beginning of the EU Foreign Council in Luxembourg, according to official sources.

"The Turkish operation - we read - risks jeopardizing the progress achieved by the coalition in the fight to defeat Daesh, in which Italy has actively participated. It also further undermines a political solution to the crisis, aggravating the suffering of the civilian population and puts at risk the result obtained in the humanitarian field in the northeast, the ministers agreed, according to official sources ". "Italy and France remain convinced that there is no alternative to a political solution in Syria", concludes the message from DiMaio and Le Drian.