Italy is interested in investing in Ukraine and is ready to invest resources without delay, sign agreements, and provide financial guarantee instruments for companies that plan to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction measures, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni has said.
“Italy, as a country, is also ready to contribute and to start now, and to rebuild what has been destroyed – roads, bridges, hospitals, all these buildings,” Maloney said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025) during a joint statement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reporters in Rome on Thursday in Rome.
She noted that Italy has already taken Odessa under its patronage to restore cultural and heritage objects. “And we want to even go further, we want to expand our contribution: it is energy, critical infrastructure, transport, agriculture, also Health. of course, I will not now list all the initiatives, but I want to remind you that we do a lot of things that are symbolic in terms of humanitarian aid,” – said the head of the Italian government.
Maloney also noted that Italy will help in the heroic resistance against Ukraine. “We have done it in different senses and we will also do it in terms of industry and also defence sector and cooperation. We have also talked about this and a number of agreements signed today say that this is a central theme. And, of course, we will continue our investments, because we understand how important it is to do everything possible to make Ukraine fight, fight back, defend itself,” she said.
According to the Italian prime minister, peace in Ukraine should be “long, strong, just”, in particular thanks to deterrence.