Nicaragua breaks diplomatic relations with Italy after Tajani’s accusations

Nicaragua breaks diplomatic relations with Italy after Tajani's accusations
Antonio Tajani, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the first edition of the Libertas Forum in Madrid. The event took place in July 2026 and was organized by the European People's Party (EPP) for its 50th anniversary. 7146

“In light of the unjustified, aggressive, and irresponsible statements made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, Antonio Tajani, who insulted, in violation of every norm of respect for relations between peoples and governments, with European arrogance, the people and government of Nicaragua, as a tangible expression of our sovereignty and national dignity, we inform the Italian Government, and in particular Minister Antonio Tajani, of our intention to sever all diplomatic relations with the Italian Government.”

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Written by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua on El 19 Digital, the official news outlet and digital newspaper of Managua.

“We have experienced very positive periods, characterized by absolute respect and understanding of our processes by authoritative Italian authorities, whom we had the privilege and honor to meet, with whom we collaborated and faced the historical circumstances of the world we lived in past years. Today, faced with this ignoble situation, we deeply regret that aggressions like those described occur, contrary to the historical bond between Italy and us, and with other brother countries, and we hope that those better days that humanity desperately needs and demands will come. We inform and proceed to ensure the implementation of the necessary procedures to respect this sovereign and dignified decision of Nicaragua.”

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What Minister Tajani said

The government of Nicaragua has, therefore, announced its intention to sever diplomatic relations with Italy: this is the reaction to the words of the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, who on Wednesday, July 15 at the EPP summit in Madrid stated that Italy “does not share anything with the vision of extremist governments like that of Nicaragua, a country that still provides protection to dangerous terrorists of the Red Brigades, like Alessio Casimirri.”

But just yesterday the Deputy Prime Minister returned to the matter to reiterate that Italy asks “Nicaragua to extradite Alessio Casimirri to our country, he is the murderer of Aldo Moro sentenced to six life sentences. Continuing to guarantee immunity to a criminal seems truly unfair and unacceptable to me. We criticize this choice and the Nicaraguan regime because it continues to provide cover, and also citizenship, to a murderer.

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