‘Mere insinuation offends me’: Italy’s PM Conte blasts suggestion of ulterior motive behind Russian coronavirus aid

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has called any suggestion that Russia had an ulterior motive in sending coronavirus aid to Italy “an insult to the Italian government,” warning that the pandemic poses an existential threat to the EU.

Amid stalled EU relief efforts, aid and personnel arrived in Italy from China, Cuba and Russia to help Italian medical authorities fight back against the coronavirus outbreak in the country, which ravaged its northern regions and forced a total lockdown of society.

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