Given the task definition and input, reply with output. You are given first 5 messages from a series of message exchanges between 2 persons playing the game of Diplomacy which is an American strategic board game. You need to generate the next message. The message should be generated such that it fits the context seen so far. Avoid the text that is (i) tangent to the context, (ii) repeats the context.

['Hi there! As probably the weakest nation I have always felt that Italy can benefit from having Russia as a friend, and that it can be mutually beneficial. Do you have any initial thoughts going into the game?', "I fully agree. Russia's well served by a friend in Italy as well. I'm primarily concerned with which proverbial horse I'm going to back in the inevitable Austria vs. Turkey rumble. What do you think?", 'I'd personally favor Austria.', "For now I tend to agree. Austria can become a thorn later on but Turkey's an immediate threat.", 'Sounds good, hopefully Austria and I can reach an agreement. You vouching for me and not hitting Gal would help.']
I've reached out to them but they're yet to respond. I'll tell them about it as soon as I get a response.