Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani has called off a trip to Paris at the last minute, accusing a French government minister of insulting his country.
In a radio interview, France's interior minister Gerald Darmanin said Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was "unable to solve the migration problems on which she was elected."
He also accused her of "lying" to Italian voters.
Giles Gibson reports from Rome.
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