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An Iranian missile attack on Saturday caused “significant damage” to the runway of a Kuwait air base hosting Italian air force personnel, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying.
“There was significant damage to the runway but no Italian personnel were injured,” Tajani told reporters.
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“The Italian air force members at the Kuwait base that was attacked with missiles from Iran are all safe. They were all in the bunker,” he said.
Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem base hosts Italian air force personnel taking part in the Task Force Air Kuwait since 2019 for surveillance operations against ISIS group in Iraq.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday held a conference call with Tajani and security and intelligence officials.
“At this particularly difficult time, Italy is again expressing its support for Iranian civilians who continue to call for the respect of their civil and political rights,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement after the meeting.
Meloni “will support any initiative that will lead to an easing of tensions,” the statement said.
Tajani said Italy was ready for an evacuation of Italian nationals still in Iran “if it is opportune and not risky.”
Italy has already asked its citizens to leave Iran but estimates that hundreds still live there, many of them married to Iranian citizens.
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