Video Erdogan tells Giorgia Meloni that he “looks great, but he has to give up smoking.” The reply came instantly: “I don't want to kill someone”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, during a meeting at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025, before attending the Peace Summit in Fâșia Gaza. Photo: Eliot Blondet / Pool / Bestimage / Profimedia
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joked on Monday, saying that if he gave up tobacco, he risks killing someone, writes Polito.
In the margin of the Peace Summit held in Egypt, which aimed to conclude the war in the Gaza Strip, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised the head of the Government in Rome that he would find a way to convince him to quit smoking.
“You look great. But I have to make you quit smoking,” Erdogan told Meloni, according to the images published by the Italian daily Il Foglio and other publications.
But French President Emmanuel Macron, who was near them, quickly shattered Erdogan's hopes. “It's impossible!”, Said the leader at the Élysée Palace, laughing.
“I know, I know,” Meloni said, then warning that giving up smoking could make it less sociable. “I don't want to kill someone,” she said.
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“You look good. But i have to make you quit smoking” pic.twitter.com/rj8wkd9xrj
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In a book based on a series of interviews, Meloni confessed that he started smoking again after he had given up for 13 years. But the head of the Italian government also acknowledged that smoking helped her approach other politicians, including President Tunisian Kais Saied.
