October 8, 2025 12:01 AM IST
First published on: Oct 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM IST
Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. (AP)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that she and two of her ministers had been reported to the International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide in connection with Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Speaking in an interview with state television company RAI, Meloni said Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had been denounced, and “I think” also Roberto Cingolani, the head of defence group Leonardo <LDOF.MI.
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In other remarks, Meloni said she believed that US President Donald Trump had come to the conclusion that Russia was not interested in a peace deal with Ukraine.