Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is to miss Friday’s meeting of European leaders with US President Joe Biden in Berlin. Meloni said on Thursday she “could not attend under any circumstance” as she is due to visit the Middle East, including a trip to Lebanon. “Maybe it would be more effective to talk to people in the region than to do so among ourselves,” she said in Brussels ahead of a European Union summit. “That is why this trip is a priority for me,” she added. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is due to host Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer i…