Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – "I and the Chief of Staff have decided, given the difficult situation currently unfolding at Bab el-Mandeb, compounded by the situation at Hormuz, not to wait for Aspides to decide whether ships can pass or not, and how to do so." Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said this while speaking at the fourth edition of the 'Risorsa Mare' forum, currently underway in La Spezia.
“We are able to guarantee passage with our Navy and, with our intelligence services, obtain information and share it with the Armed Forces.
We will probably take action so that Italian ships can pass without waiting for European bureaucracy to add to ours to delay the process, which in cases like this means delaying the economy."
The minister added that “the protection of the sea is fundamental not only from a military point of view, but it is also a protection for democratic life, for economic life, and for the safety of citizens.
Traffic safety is the most obvious aspect: if a strait is blocked, oil prices rise, goods arrive late, costs rise, and the crisis reaches everyone's homes, sparing no one's eyes, especially the most vulnerable parts of the country. The tragedy of economic crises is that they don't affect everyone equally, and thus end up undermining democracies by undermining social cohesion and affecting social peace.
"Almost 90% of goods traffic passes by sea, and within this wealth, Italy's role is fundamental—the role of Italian transport ships," added Crosetto, also speaking of the role of the Italian Navy.
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