(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 19 - The idea of European bonds for defence must be welcomed with favour, Italian defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Tuesday on the sidelines of a meeting with his European counterparts in Brussels, commenting an hypothesis discussed at a meeting of the enlarged Weimar Triangle in Warsaw.
    "Guaranteeing in a European way the indebtment of nations to meet the 2%" of GDP in defence spending "looks to me like an idea to be welcomed with favour", noted Crosetto.
    "This would lift for every nation the potential weight of interests on different debts" and would "make security and defence a common heritage", said the defence minister.
    Earlier on Tuesday, Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that "European bonds for defence are a positive choice for us that must be implemented", speaking after the meeting of the Weimar triangle in the expanded format, with France, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Spain and the European Union. (ANSA).