Alfano: «An Observatory on religious freedom in the world» (Avvenire)
Dear Editor-in-Chief, Safeguarding and promoting the freedom of religion constitutes one of the priorities in Italy’s foreign policy and in its commitment to protect human rights. This is why I am particularly happy today to greet here at the Farnesina the Conference co-organised with the ISPI and dedicated to the protection of religious communities, with […]
Read moreAlfano: “We are working to get the Balkan Countries into the EU”
The Trieste Summit is bound to be a fundamental step for the six Western Balkans Countries that wish to access the EU. Much work will have to be done, but the premises and infrastructure, commercial, social or cultural projects that will be offered to them will contribute to create an inter-regional bond conducive to also […]
Read moreAlfano: “We confide in Lebanon’s capacities” (AN NAHAR)
1. What is the aim of your upcoming visit to Beirut at this point in time? By visiting Lebanon, I will bring my personal testimony of the support and sympathy of Italy and of the Italians for Lebanese institutions and people, with whom we have extremely sound friendship ties founded on common historical and cultural […]
Read moreAlfano: «Tripoli must pay its debts; NGO’s shed light on their accounting» (Il Messaggero)
“Regulating migration flows and stabilising Libya” was the aim of yesterday’s mission to Tripoli by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, who then returned to Italy to fly to Argentina. “The UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will be able to register them directly in the camps,” said the […]
Read moreLetter of the Secretary General Elisabetta Belloni to the daily Secolo XIX
The article published by the daily on 22 April 2017 about the diplomatic career, requires the following specifications. The public competition for admission to the diplomatic career is far from being a so-called “cronyville,” as proven by facts (as an example, only one individual out of the 33 who passed the competitive examination, was a relative of […]
Read moreAlfano: «Ankara’s accession to the EU is not an issue on the table now» (Corriere della Sera)
And now what? How do we handle our relationship with Turkey after it has gone back to being a State with strong authoritarian traits and, at the same time, remains a Country bordering both with the European Union and with a warring Syria and that, within NATO, has the second-largest armed force in terms of […]
Read moreAlfano “Justified response by violations in Damascus. But now let us resort to the UN” (Corriere della Sera)
“Minister Alfano, are we sure that Assad used chemical weapons during the Khan Sheikhoun bombing, or was the area bombed with conventional armaments from ISIL chemical weapon stocks, as Russia maintains?”“Practically speaking, the missiles launched from U.S. ships struck the Syrian bases where the attacks to civilians originated. In other words, the U.S. response is […]
Read moreAlfano: «Europe is worried but Moscow should not be isolated» (Il Messaggero)
“I talked about the Navalny case with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. I raised the issue both in the bilateral meeting with my counterpart and in the press conference. I expressed my concern for what happened and asserted my full agreement with the stand taken by the European Union,” stated Angelino Alfano, the Italian Foreign Minister, […]
Read moreInterview of Minister Alfano with Ria Novost
Mister Minister, soon you are to meet again with Sergey Lavrov; it will be your second meeting after the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bonn. What are the points you intend to discuss with your Russian counterpart? My meeting with Sergey Lavrov will offer a valuable opportunity to discuss the principal international dossiers, in connection […]
Read moreMario Giro: “We are the children of anxiety. This is how we can tackle the challenge of fear” (Avvenire)
Europe’s journey, as Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni called it, has come to a difficult turn. Once again Europeans must make “the oldest of choices: between good and evil,” he added. These are weighty words that oblige us to look inside our being European in order to respond to the call of history voiced by Pope […]
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