Middle East: Mogherini meets Cavusoğlu, urges Ankara to use influence for a ceasefire
Turkey’s European integration and the Italian EU duty presidency’s priorities were the focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s meeting today in Rome with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Mevlüt Cavusoğlu. They also exchanged detailed information regarding a series of Middle East dossiers and, at bilateral level, in reference to EXPO Milano 2015 and […]
Read moreUkraine: Mogherini speaks with Klimkin. Italy offers to send expert to assist investigation
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini spoke by telephone today with her Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin, who updated her on efforts to access the area in which the Malaysian Airlines jet was shot down in Thursday and where an operation is under way to recover the bodies of the victims. Mogherini said Italy was willing […]
Read moreMiddle East: Mogherini cites intollerable casualty toll, urges stop to shelling
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini urged the parties to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to halt the shelling. “With each passing hour the number of dead and wounded rises as the shelling destroys homes and public buildings. We have also learned that the Um el Nasser Child Center, which the Italian Cooperation contributed to opening, has […]
Read moreMogherini and Elaraby discuss Gaza and Libya
The Middle East crisis and the situation in Libya were the main topics of discussion in Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s telephone meeting today with Arab League secretary Nabil Elaraby. Mogherini assured Italy’s support for the plan drafted by Egypt and the Arab League for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel, and she and […]
Read moreUkraine: Mogherini contacts Zannier. Impartial inquest to be guaranteed
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini spoke by telephone this evening with OSCE secretary-general Lamberto Zannier, who informed her on OSCE observers’ access to the site near the Ukraine-Russian border where a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down yesterday evening. “The separatists must ensure access to the area, and a rigorous and impartial inquest leading […]
Read moreMogherini meets Fabius. Discussion focuses on Middle East and Ukraine
The crises in the Middle East and Ukraine were the focus of a discussion in Cairo today between Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and her French opposite number, Laurent Fabius. Like Minister Mogherini, Fabius has been engaged in a number of visits to the region. Both ministers agreed on the diplomatic efforts being made by Italy […]
Read moreUkraine: Mogherini deeply saddened by air tragedy. Investigation needed to establish responsibility
Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini is following the work of the Farnesina’s Crisis Unit in person as they check the passenger list provided by Malaysian Airlines for the aircraft allegedly shot down today on the Ukraine-Russia border. The operations room is also at work, but no reports of Italian passengers have as yet come in. “I […]
Read moreMalaysian Airlines plane: checks still under way
The Ministry is still carrying out checks using the information provided by Malaysian Airlines and the Dutch authorities on the plane allegedly shot down on the Russia-Ukraine border. It seems that one of the passengers, who was travelling with his son, had double Italian-Dutch citizenship. We are continuing our checks with other partners to rule […]
Read moreMiddle East – Immediate ceasefire more urgent than ever, says Mogherini
“With the Israeli army’s ground operation in Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s rejection of the Egyptian ceasefire proposal, the risk is that the situation will spiral completely out of control”. The declaration was made by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, who arrivedin Amman inthe evening of 17 July after her visit to Israel and the […]
Read moreMiddle East: Mogherini’s talks with Kerry and Steinmeier
Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini spoke on the phone today with the American Secretary of State, John Kerry, and met the German Foreign Minister, Frank Walter Steinmeier. The contacts took place during her long-planned visit to the Middle East, and focused on the dramatic situation in Gaza and Israel. During the morning, Minister Mogherini visited the […]
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