Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is set to meet US President Joe Biden at the White House, where the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and diverging domestic pressures when it comes to supporting Kyiv, are expected to top discussions.
The meeting on Tuesday came as Draghi, who has taken a hard line against Russia, contends with growing dissent among leaders in his coalition about supplying more Italian weapons to Ukraine, with former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, whose 5-Star Movement is the largest party in parliament, calling on the prime minister to seek a diplomatic solution to the war rather than send “heavier and more lethal weapons” that could further escalate the conflict.
