{"id":8651,"date":"2026-04-30T02:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=8651"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:32:27","slug":"italy-approved-the-donation-of-retired-aircraft-carriers-to-indonesia-plans-to-complete-the-whole-process-by-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=8651","title":{"rendered":"Italy approved the donation of retired aircraft carriers to Indonesia, plans to complete the whole process by December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8652 aligncenter\" title=\"e41c9d223e4e4cc2a9a5a31cbe4e0f48\" src=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e41c9d223e4e4cc2a9a5a31cbe4e0f48.jpeg\" alt=\"e41c9d223e4e4cc2a9a5a31cbe4e0f48\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e41c9d223e4e4cc2a9a5a31cbe4e0f48.jpeg 640w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e41c9d223e4e4cc2a9a5a31cbe4e0f48-300x187.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nItaly&#8217;s parliament Tuesday formally approved a donation of an old aircraft carrier to Indonesia. According to Reuters, the Italian government said the move was aimed at strengthening bilateral ties with Indonesia and saving the costly dismantling.<\/p>\n<p>Reported that the value of 54 million euros, \u201cGaribaldi\u201d aircraft carrier commissioned in 1985, has participated in the Mediterranean Sea and Africa off the coast of a number of military operations, it will be decommissioned in 2024, including missions off the coasts of Lebanon, Libya and Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>Official documents of the Italian government that\u201cHull structure wear and tear and ship-based systems are completely obsolete,\u201d resulting in the aircraft carrier can not meet the current operational requirements. According to the report by the Italian Parliament, transferring the carrier to Indonesia would save about 5 million euros in annual maintenance costs and nearly 19 million euros in dismantling costs.<\/p>\n<p>According to Indonesian media reports quoted by Reuters, an Indonesian defense ministry official said it would take less time and effort to receive a donation than to buy a new ship, which could also be used in disaster relief operations and for transshipment of emergency supplies.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian government plans to complete the donation process by December as part of a broader strategy to boost trade with Indonesia, Reuters said. Documents show that the Italian government is pushing ahead with the sale of submarines and aircraft to Indonesia worth about 1.5 billion euros to reach an agreement as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>However, the donation plan has been criticized by the Italian opposition. Some opposition members of the House of Representatives Defence Committee voted against it on the grounds of inadequate disclosure. In addition, \u201cGaribaldi\u201d aircraft carrier is currently moored in the Puglia Region of southeast Italy, the Regional Council issued a statement last month, urging the government not to approve the donation, proposed to convert the aircraft carrier into a museum. (Xiaolong Xu)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy&#8217;s parliament Tuesday formally approved a donation of an old aircraft carrier to Indonesia. According to Reuters, the Italian government said the move was aimed at strengthening bilateral ties with&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,267],"tags":[4781,1182,420,4780],"views":29,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8651"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8653,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8651\/revisions\/8653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}