Switzerland - Italy Italy and Switzerland adopt joint Ukraine declaration

Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Italy, Antonio Tajani, signed a joint declaration on Ukraine on Monday on the fringes of the Locarno Film Festival.

In it, the two signatories express their "deep concern" regarding Russia's "ongoing aggression" against Ukraine.

The declaration is intended to underline the two countries' joint commitment to peace, Tajani told the media in Locarno. Italy is hosting a Ukraine reconstruction conference next year.