Italy denies Rutte and denies having ceded bases for the US offensive in Iran

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Italy's Ministry of Defense has denied the statements by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who claimed that the government of the country's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, had made its bases available to Washington for 500 American aircraft in the offensive against Iran. "It is surprising that the Secretary General of NATO, who has nothing to do with Operation Epic Fury, offers a reconstruction that conveys a completely fallacious message by confusing the type of authorized flights," the ministry said in a statement.