{"id":20146,"date":"2026-04-14T15:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20146"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:40:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:40:42","slug":"italy-suspends-automatic-renewal-of-defense-cooperation-agreement-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/14\/italy-suspends-automatic-renewal-of-defense-cooperation-agreement-with-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy suspends automatic renewal of defense cooperation agreement with Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, has announced the suspension of the automatic renewal of the country\u2019s defense cooperation agreement with Israel.<br>According to Reuters, Meloni confirmed the decision on Tuesday, citing ongoing conflicts in the Middle East as the reason behind the move.<br>A source within Italy\u2019s Defense Ministry said the suspension means Rome will halt military training cooperation with Israel.<br>Speaking in Verona, Meloni stated that, given the current situation, the government had decided to pause the agreement\u2019s automatic extension.<br>The decision was reportedly made in coordination with senior officials, including Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.<br>Italy is considered one of Israel\u2019s key allies in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, has announced the suspension of the automatic renewal of the country\u2019s defense cooperation agreement with Israel.According to Reuters, Meloni confirmed the decision on Tuesday, citing ongoing conflicts in the Middle East as the reason behind the move.A source within Italy\u2019s Defense Ministry said the suspension means Rome will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20148,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20146\/revisions\/20148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}