The pair’s prank call with Italian Prime Minister Meloni, dating from late September but made public in early November, perhaps gained the most media attention.
In the conversation, the Italian leader admitted there was “a lot of fatigue” with the Ukraine conflict, arguing it was near “the moment in which everybody understands that we need a way out.”
According to Italian media, Meloni was furious after discovering she had been duped, and later insisted that her remarks were essentially “nothing new.”
A diplomatic adviser to Meloni’s office did, however, step down earlier this month, with the prime minister blaming the incident on a “superficiality in proceeding.”
Credit: The Nigeria Lawyer