Syrian crisis on NATO ministerial agenda – political solution a priority, says Terzi. ‘No’ to regime’s use of chemical weapons

The Syrian crisis was one of the items on the agenda of the NATO ministerial meeting. Italy would consider the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons “absolutely unacceptable”, stated Minister Giulio Terzi, participating in the two-day meeting in Brussels. “We already informed the Syrian ambassador of that during the UN General Assembly in New York”, […]

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Minister Terzi hails appointment of Italian diplomat Giovanni Caracciolo as Secretary General of the Central European Initiative (CEI)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi was delighted to receive the news of Italian Ambassador to Paris Giovanni Caracciolo’s appointment to the post of Secretary General of the Central European Initiative (CEI), formally announced today by the organization and in effect as of January 1st 2013. “The appointment of Ambassador Caracciolo”, Terzi underscored, “is acknowledgement […]

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NAIROBI – Mario Biondi concert for solidarity

The Italian Embassy in Nairobi will hold a concert this evening by Mario Biondi, one of the best-loved soul voices on the international musical panorama. The proceeds will go to an Italian Cooperation education project for the construction of a primary school for the poorest children of the coastal city of Malindi in Kenya. Every […]

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Syria: Humanitarian aid Italy’s priority – emergency on Italo-French agenda

The Syrian humanitarian emergency was the focus of Minister Giulio Terzi’s discussions with his French colleague Laurent Fabius in the context of the Italo-French summit in Lyons. The subject will also be on the agenda of the meeting of the Friends of Syria scheduled for 11 and 12 December in Marrakesh. “We cannot turn a […]

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Longitude: “The reluctant reformer”

“The reluctant reformer”, is the cover article of issue no. 22 of “Longitude”, the magazine edited by Pialuisa Bianco and available on newsstands as of 5 December. The article takes stock of the first 6 months of the Presidency of French Socialist Francois Hollande who defeated the incumbent Sarkozi with a “very left-wing” political platform […]

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Terzi: «C’è tanta voglia d’Italia» (Milano Finanza)

«L’ Italia esercita grande l’attrazione nei confronti degli imprenditori stranieri». Così il ministro degli Affari Esteri, Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, motiva l’impegno della diplomazia italiana per stimolare gli investimenti esteri nel nostro Paese. Il capo della Farnesina parla anche del risvegliato interesse verso il Sudest asiatico. E sulla Cina esprime soddisfazione. «Ci sono molte potenzialità […]

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Terzi:«Middle East – Time to resume the peace process» (L’Eco di Bergamo)

Italy voted yes on the Palestinian request to become a non-member observer State in the UN General Assembly. We spoke about it with Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi. Mr. Minister, what happens now? «The number one priority now is to resume the peace process and the stabilisation of the Middle East, which is an […]

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Minister Terzi speaks by telephone with new foreign minister of Ethiopia Tewodros Adhanom

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi had a telephone meeting today with the new Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Tewodros Adhanom, to whom he extended congratulations on this prestigious appointment, underscoring that the excellent existing relations between Rome and Addis Ababa must be the basis on which to build an even more intense political […]

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Minister Terzi speaks by telephone with President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition Mouaz Khatib

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi spoke today by telephone with President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition Mouaz Khatib to confirm Italy’s support for a Syrian people in the throes of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Assad regime. “We cannot turn a blind eye to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Syrian regime’s brutal […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Terzi and Malta’s new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francis Zammit Dimech

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi spoke on the telephone today with Malta’s new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francis Zammit Dimech. Minister Terzi extended his warmest congratulations to Minister Dimech. He reiterated Italy’s firm intention to go on intensifying bilateral relations, which the two ministers defined as “extraordinarily cordial”. Terzi mentioned, in particular, the positive outcome of […]

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Montevideo: italian musicians at the Jazz Festival

The Montevideo Jazz Festival resounded with the notes of famed Italian musician Giovanni Mirabassi, whose performance at the Uruguayan capital’s Teatro Solis was built on elaborate melodic themes and harmonic variations. A little piece of Italy on stage along with Ralph Towner (guitar and piano) and Italo-Argentine Javier Girotto (soprano sax and Andean flute), both […]

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Innovation: the MFA receives the “G-Cloud Award”

The Head of Office IV of the Directorate General for Management and Information and Communications Technology, Francesco Lazzaro, has received the “G-Cloud Award” from the Minister for the Public Administration and Simplification, Filippo Patroni Griffi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the only central government body to receive the award, along with the Treasury Department […]

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