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Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has called NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg a "dangerous man" for his proposal to allow Kiev to strike targets in Russia with Western weapons.
Such an action could lead to the Third World War, Salvini has warned.
In an interview with The Economist last week, Stoltenberg claimed it was time for allies of the US-led military bloc to reconsider all restrictions.
The head of the US-led military bloc reiterated his stance on Monday during a press conference at the Spring Session of the 2024 NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Sofia, Bulgaria, comments which Salvini dismissed as "dangerous and recklessness".
"This gentleman is dangerous because talking about a Third World War, about Western weapons capable of hitting and killing inside Russia, seems to me very, very dangerous and reckless," he told reporters on Monday.
Senior Italian officials, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, have rejected Stoltenberg's public calls for a policy change. The Italian Prime Minister has advised "greater caution".
On Sunday, Salvini told an election rally that Stoltenberg "cannot speak for the Italian people".
"NATO cannot force us to kill in Russia, nor can anyone force us to send Italian soldiers to fight or die in Ukraine," Salvini said, arguing that Rome is sending weapons to Kiev only to "to defend itself", not to "fight, strike and kill outside its territory".
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