ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of the European leaders closest to Donald Trump, said on Thursday she believed the U.S. president-elect would defend Western interests once he took office and would not abandon Ukraine.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday said she doesn’t believe President-elect Trump has a plan to purchase Greenland or acquire it through military force. “I think we can exclude that

Meloni received a rapturous welcome to Trump's Palm Beach resort, according to videos circulating on social media.

Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, joins just a handful of other world leaders who have been to the president-elect’s Florida estate since his victory.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently paid President-elect Donald Trump a visit at his Mar-a-Lago estate ahead of his inauguration on January 20.

Premier Giorgia Meloni says she doesn’t believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni plans to attend Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration as US president, she said on Thursday. Meloni confirmed that she had received a personal invitation from the future US president and said she will travel to Washington for the occasion if her schedule allows.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday night, just weeks after the pair met in Paris for the Notre Dame reopening ceremony that saw the president-elect courting world leaders in what was a previous of his administration taking office in a little over two weeks.