Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday on the third and final leg of a trip that also took her to Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
In Abu Dhabi, she was received by President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Meloni’s office said their talks focused on the Middle East war and the conditions required to end it, “starting with the need to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz”.
In Doha earlier in the day, she met Qatari leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss the energy crisis sparked by the ongoing conflict.
Meloni’s office said she and the Qatari emir “tackled energy issues… and discussed possible measures to mitigate the shocks suffered”.
She also said Italy was ready to “contribute to the rehabilitation of Qatari energy infrastructure, which is essential to energy security on a global scale”.
Italy is highly dependent on energy imports and has been eyeing rising energy prices with growing…
