"Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called for more flexibility from both Ukraine and Hungary, following talks in Brussels on Thursday. "I never said what I read in the press. I have never spoken with foreign ambassadors as I've been reading somewhere," Meloni said, calling the reports a 'bizarre reconstruction'. “The problem is solvable, okay? But it needs a political agreement,” she said. “An agreement in which the pipeline in Druzhba is reopened on one side and on the other side, Orban unblocks the 90 billion, as he was agreeing with it and allowing it, even not agreeing, but allowing it, I think it is possible. So my call is for both to be flexible,” she added. The remarks followed reports that the Italian Prime Minister stated to foreign leaders that she 'understood' the reasons behind Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's veto on the loan, citing internal sources. She went on to comment on whether Italy would get involved in clearing the Strait of Hormuz. “I want to be clear because it seems to me there have been some somewhat forced interpretations, nobody is obviously thinking about a military mission to break the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz,” Meloni said. “What we are questioning is when the conditions might be right, but reasonably in a post-conflict phase, how we can offer our support, clearly in agreement with the parties, to ensure and defend the freedom of navigation,” she continued. It comes after the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement in which they condemned Iranian attacks on commercial vessels and pledged to partake in ‘appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait’. Tehran closed the Hormuz in response to the joint US-Israel attacks on its territory. Blockade of the important marine route, which normally carries around 20 per cent of global oil shipments, triggered surging energy prices and raised fears of economic fallout.   US President Donald Trump called on several countries to help break the Iranian blockade on the Strait. Hungary and Slovakia have accused Ukraine of halting energy supplies for political reasons - and not being truthful about why it had stopped. Kiev claims the pipeline was damaged by a Russian strike. Budapest has also accused the EU and Kiev of trying to interfere in upcoming elections and attempting to remove Orban's government - and has even accused Ukraine of funding the opposition after millions in cash and gold bars were seized. The opposition Tisza party has denied it. EU leaders on Thursday failed to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to drop his opposition to the Ukrainian loan on day one of the summit."