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The first National Cooperation Forum, to be held tomorrow and Tuesday in Milan, will offer the Italian Cooperation an important opportunity for reflection and reinforcement. New global challenges call for effective responses, and institutions have the duty to stimulate and involve public opinion in the strategic importance of development cooperation policies. The difficult present international […]
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Although not specifically central to Italy’s African policy, which is oriented more toward the Horn of Africa (particularly Somalia and Ethiopia) and the countries along the Mediterranean shores, Congo has always been an element of extreme importance, both in terms of bilateral relations between Rome and Kinshasa and of the democratic stabilisation, development and peacekeeping […]
Read moreNuclear Threat, Terzi warns “Attacking Iran would be risky”
NEW YORK Does Netanyahu’s red line really signal war in 2013? «Attacking Iran would be highly risky for Italy and the rest of Europe, and the consequences could include the destabilisation of the entire region. We in Italy”, says Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi at the UN, “are convinced that the path we have […]
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“La Primavera araba è stata indubbiamente la più travolgente manifestazione della domanda di libertà e democrazia, veicolata con rapidità dai media digitali. Questi strumenti hanno creato una fitta ‘rete di libertà’ fra le nostre case e le più remote parti del mondo, soprattutto in quei contesti dove i mass-media convenzionali sono sotto censura”. Il ministro […]
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Is it still possible to see Europe as a model of peace, stability and prosperity? And where will Europe be placed in an increasingly globalised world? Imagining the Europe of the future at a moment when the current economic and financial crisis is an overriding concern could be considered a way of ignoring the problems […]
Read moreTerzi: «A gaping wound for the government» (la Repubblica)
NEW YORK – If you will allow me, Mr. Minister, the foreign ministry is Italy’s standard bearer around the world. How does it feel to have to bear the image of a nation once again, witness the case of Lazio, smeared with shame? «It is a wound, a gaping wound that we must now attempt […]
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I jihadisti hanno cercato l’occasione per rientrare in gioco e provare a “scippare” i risultati delle rivolte che hanno segnato la “Primavera araba”. Non dobbiamo cadere nella loro trappola: l’Europa deve rafforzare il sostegno alle leadership di quei Paesi, come l’Egitto, la Tunisia, la Libia, che hanno avviato un processo di stabilizzazione democratica». A sostenerlo […]
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For 8 months, the Foreign Ministers of the founding countries of Europe, along with Spain, Portugal, Austria, Poland and Denmark, have been holding informal meetings that have thus far been covered by a veil of silence. Their aim: to hold free discussions, without negotiating constraints, on the Europe of the future. And then, the night […]
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Syria’s rebirth must necessarily follow the “Lebanon model”, a historic example in the Middle East of the possible co-existence of cultures and religions. “It’s not a utopia but a necessary policy”, insists Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, commenting on the visit by Pope Benedict XVI, “a visit that has imparted courage to the tolerant elements of […]
Read moreDe Mistura: «Serbia nell’Ue senza diktat » (IL PICCOLO)
De Mistura: «Serbia nell’Ue senza diktat » Fare politica estera in punta di piedi, lavorare ma in silenzio, senza clamori perché così i risultati si ottengono forse prima e meglio. È questa la “filosofia operativa” del sottosegretario agli Esteri Staffan de Mistura che però sotto l’aspetto del gentiluomo inglese di fine secolo, molto politically correct, […]
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