ROME, June 23 (Reuters) – ⁠Italian ⁠Prime ⁠Minister Giorgia Meloni said ​on Tuesday relations with ‌the United States ‌had ⁠to ⁠return to normal following a public falling ​out between President Donald Trump and ​herself last week.

“I don’t intend ⁠to ⁠keep fuelling ⁠this dispute,” ​Meloni said in an interview ​at ⁠an event in Rome.

On Friday, Meloni accused her one-time ⁠close ally Trump of fabricating a ⁠story about her after the U.S. president told an Italian TV channel that she had “begged” him to take a photo ⁠with her at a recent G7 summit in France.

(Reporting by ​Angelo Amante; Editing by ​Crispian Balmer)

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