ROME —
Tens of thousands of Italians marched through Rome on Saturday calling for
peace in
Ukraine and urging Italy to stop sending of weapons to fight the
Russian invasion.
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“No to war. No to
sending weapons”, read one large banner carried by protesters, as a vast crowd
broke into cries of “give peace a chance.”
NATO founding
member Italy has supported Ukraine from the start of the war, including
providing it with arms.
New far-right
Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni has said that will not change and the government
has said it is expecting to send more weapons soon.
But some,
including former prime minister Giuseppe Conte, have said Italy should be
stepping up negotiations instead.
The peace rally
was attended by some 30,000 people, Rome police told Italian media.
“The weapons were
sent at the beginning on the grounds that this would prevent an escalation,”
demonstrator Roberto Zanotto told AFP.
“Nine months later
and it seems to me that there’s been an escalation. Look at the facts: sending
weapons does not help stop a war, weapons help fuel a war.”
Student Sara
Gianpietro said the conflict was being dragged out by arming Ukraine, which
“has economic consequences for our country, but for the respect of human rights
too”.
The
G7’s foreign
ministers, including Italy, on Friday vowed to continue supporting Ukraine in
the fight against Russia.
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