Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi is following the situation of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with growing concern
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi is following the situation of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with growing concern. The news, reported by the Office of the Ombudsman in Kiev, that Mrs Tymoshenko was subjected to physical violence during her transfer from prison to hospital cannot fail to arouse keen apprehension. The Italian Foreign Ministry is […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary Dassu’ at the Core Group of the Friends of the Syrian People
Under-Secretary Dassù took part in a meeting of the Core Group of the Friends of the Syrian People held in Paris on Thursday 19 April, along with the representatives of thirteen other nations that included Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United States and EU High Representative Cathy Ashton. The meeting produced unanimous agreement on the […]
Read moreRelease of Italian ship the “Enrico Ievoli”
The foreign ministry today confirmed the release of the crew of the Italian ship the “Enrico Ievoli” on the coast of Somalia. Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, in Indonesia today on a mission to the Asian capitals, which will also being him to Burma/Myanmar and Brunei, made a press announcement after the Crisis Unit […]
Read moreMinister Terzi expresses concern over the Iranian President’s visit to the Island of Abu Musa
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has expressed concern over the tensions sparked by the visit by the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Island of Abu Musa on 11 April 2012. He also expressed his appreciation of the moderate reaction by the authorities of the United Arab Emirates. Italy hopes that a peaceful […]
Read moreThe new Head of Mission of the League of Arab States in Italy, Ambassador Al-Shibli, has presented his Letters of Credentials to Minister Terzi at the Foreign Ministry
The new Head of Mission of the League of Arab States in Italy, Ambassador Al-Shibli, presented his Letters of Credentials to Minister Terzi at the Foreign Ministry today, 17 April 2012. Today’s ceremony marked a significant new procedure and is an important signal of the increasingly close relations between Italy and the Arab League. It […]
Read moreMinister Terzi has received the Israeli Science and Technology Minister, Daniel Hershkowitz, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received the Israeli Minister for Science and Technology, Daniel Hershkowitz, at the foreign ministry in Rome today. Italy is Israel’s leading scientific partner in Europe and the second at the global level, after the United States. The meeting enabled the two ministers to intensify the already excellent level of cooperation between […]
Read more25th anniversary of adoption of the “Missile Technology Control Regime”
Today is the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), of which Italy, with its other (at that time) G7 partners, is a founding country. The MTCR, which today includes 34 countries, is one of the main instruments used to limit the proliferation of missiles and related technologies. The aim […]
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“I was pleased to learn that the UN Security Council had approved a resolution authorising a team of observers to be sent to Syria to monitor compliance with the ceasefire, in keeping with wishes of the G8 foreign ministers”, asserted Minister Giulio Terzi comment, underscoring the fact that this was an “extremely important step forward”. […]
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi received Belgian Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders today at the foreign ministry in Rome. The two ministers reviewed the intense bilateral and multilateral collaboration between Italy and Belgium owed to solid economic, cultural and political bonds – made even stronger by the 300,000-strong Italian community in Belgium […]
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The family members of Paolo Bosusco have just received the news that we have all been waiting for since 14 March last: Paolo Bosusco is free. The announcement came from Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, in Washington attending the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting. “A very risky and complex situation is coming to an end”, […]
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