You're reading: Financial Times: Italy’s foreign minister warns European Union’s southern flank is exposed

Financial Times: Italy’s foreign minister warns European Union’s southern flank is exposed

Published March 29, 2015 at 5:48 pm

A pro-Russian seperatist stands on the shore of the Sea of Azov in front of the village of Shirokino, controlled by the Ukrainian Army, near the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, on Feb. 24, 2015.

Photo by AFP

Europe risks perilously overlooking threats from its southern flank as the Ukraine crisis dominates attention and reawakens old habits from the cold war, Italy's foreign minister warns.