Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has thanked Pakistan and Qatar for helping broker the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, calling it an “opportunity for peace that must be seized.”

In a statement on X, she said Italy, alongside France, Germany and the United Kingdom, welcomed the agreement and appreciated the role of mediators, “in particular Qatar and Pakistan,” in making it possible.

She reiterated that Iran “cannot acquire nuclear weapons” and stressed the need to guarantee freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

“We are ready, together with the other partners and subject to the necessary parliamentary authorisation, to contribute to an international naval presence to accompany the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz,” Meloni said.