MILAN (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is flying to Florida the place she’s going to meet President-elect Donald Trump, Italian media reported on Saturday.
The assembly, if confirmed, will come at a time when Meloni is going through a overseas coverage take a look at following the arrest of Italian reporter Cecilia Sala in Iran on Dec. 19 whereas working beneath a daily journalistic visa.
Sala was detained three days after Mohammad Abedini, an Iranian businessman, was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport on a U.S. warrant for allegedly supplying drone elements that Washington says have been utilized in a 2023 assault that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan. Iran has denied involvement within the assault.
“We don’t discuss meetings that may or may not have happened, but it’s no surprise world leaders have reached out to President Trump after his historic win to develop better relations with the United States,” stated Trump’s spokesperson, Steven Cheung.
Meloni’s workplace didn’t instantly touch upon the media reviews, citing unspecified sources, that she plans to fulfill Trump.
On Friday, Iran’s overseas ministry summoned Italy’s ambassador over Abedini’s detention, Iranian state media reported.
State media reported that an Iranian overseas ministry official had “urged Italy to reject America’s hostage policy – which is contrary to international law, particularly human rights – and provide for Mr. Abedini’s release as soon as possible and prevent damage to bilateral ties”.
Abedini is being held in jail and a court docket is dueto determine later this month whether or not to grant him home arrestwhile judges contemplate the U.S. extradition request.
Italian media have reported that Sala is in solitaryconfinement in a freezing chilly cell with a neon gentle left onnight and day, that her glasses have been confiscated and that she has had hardly any contact with the skin world.
