G7 ministers meeting in Italy next week will discuss the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said, adding that the issue required further analysis, AFP reports.

After her defence minister said that Italy would have to arrest Israel’s premier if he visited, Meloni said she would “delve deeper” into the ICC’s decision and it would be on the agenda of a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers in Fiuggi, near Rome, on Monday and Tuesday.

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