Italian government debates aid to Kyiv while Abu Dhabi holds talks on Ukraine's future

On Tuesday 10 November the thirteenth aid package for Ukraine is presented to Copasir (Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic) by Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, but League Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti is biding his time over signing the new measure, as the procedure would require.Within the governing majority, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and Crosetto himself tend to play down the incident, citing the minister's absence, as on Monday he had been in Brussels for Ecofin. Tajani goes so far as to specify that, since the document is classified, it has to be signed in person and cannot be signed electronically.Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has also spoken about Italian and European strategy for Ukraine, in an interview with the daily newspaper Repubblica (source in Italian). The Defence chief, who says he is convinced that Giorgetti will sign the aid package as soon as he returns from Brussels, has defended the need to continue supporting Kyiv.He also stressed the need for Europe to maintain a common position, as requested by Meloni, and reiterated that "excluding a physical presence in Ukraine of European troops has always been our caveat". Sources at Palazzo Chigi reiterate the point even after the start of talks in Abu Dhabi: "Europe must speak with a single voice and equip itself with a clear and shared mandate".The…