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3 November 2016
Gentiloni: «It will be a definitive defeat but terrrorism will not end» (Il Messaggero)​

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is already looking forward to after the battle.  «The final defeat of Daesh, the self-proclaimed Caliphate, is within reach,» he said. However, we cannot make the same mistakes of the past, we must avoid acts of vengeance and go beyond the simple military dimension of the fight against terrorism». Minister, how long will it […]

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31 October 2016
«Tutti pazzi per l’italiano, la lingua delle insegne» (la Repubblica Affari & Finanza)

«La promozione della lingua italiana nel mondo è uno strumento essenziale di politica estera nonché un innegabile fattore di crescita economica». A parlare è il viceministro degli Esteri Mario Giro, ideatore degli stati generali della lingua italiana, un progetto lanciato dalla Farnesina per stimolare la diffusione dell’italiano all’estero. Al di là dell’intrinseco valore dell’internazionalizzazione di […]

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26 October 2016
Paolo Gentiloni and Maurizio Martina: “A Week in which to promote Made in Italy cuisine” (Il Sole 24 Ore)

A legacy from Expo Milano 2015 that the Government is bringing forward is the «Food Act» project, which includes the protocol of understanding signed last March to promote Italian high-quality cuisine abroad. Thanks to this, we have created for the first time a team that puts together institutions, companies, chambers of commerce, the world of […]

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22 October 2016
Gentiloni: “An absurd resolution with a waning consensus” (Corriere della Sera)

“UNESCO’s denial of the connection between Judaism and the holy sites in Jerusalem is absurd, but it has been going on for years. The number of countries shifting their votes from yes to abstain is increasing,” said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in an interview with the daily newspaper Corriere. Continuing on the issue of Italy […]

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16 October 2016
Gentiloni: “The Italian language, a heritage to protect” (Il Messaggero)

Tomorrow and the day after Florence will host the second edition of the Joint Action for the Italian Language in the World. I would like to dedicate it to a great Statesman who devoted so much effort to promoting our language: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Spreading the Italian language is part of our Country’s foreign policy. […]

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4 October 2016
Gentiloni: «Europe will be up against a wall on migration if it does not enforce existing agreements» (La Stampa)

“If the European Union remains nailed to the dogma of decimal points in the economy and to the idea that every Country goes its own way on the issue of migration, it’s going to find itself up against a wall,” repeats several times Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni while reflecting on the future of Europe in […]

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27 September 2016
Gentiloni: “Our effort to stop the massacre” (Unità)

The bombing of a United Nations humanitarian convoy, the unilateral denunciation of the truce by the Damascus regime and the barbarian military offensive underway in the eastern district of Aleppo seems to have stifled all possible hope. The meetings on Syria that I attended in New York last week reflected this sense of powerlessness. But […]

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20 September 2016
Gentiloni: “Migrants, Africa remains crucial; in Libya we must also negotiate with Haftar” (la Repubblica)

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in New York together with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to attend the UN General Assemby. Immigration and the Libyan crisis are Italy’s main concerns. And the kidnapping of two Italians only heightens the need to focus on the Libyan conflict. Minister Gentiloni, what happened to the two Italians? «We have been […]

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5 September 2016
Gentiloni: “The Brenner – a bridge with Europe” (Corriere del Trentino)

“Minorities are a bridge between nations and cultures”. This is the innovative value contained in the De Gasperi-Gruber Treaty that Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, wishes to highlight on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. Minister Gentiloni, the 5th of September is the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the De Gasperi-Gruber Treaty. What should be the future […]

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25 August 2016
Gentiloni: “Economic challenges unite us” (Corriere della Sera)

Dear Editor, today is the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Italy and Japan, which was signed on 25 August 1866 and marked the start of bilateral diplomatic relations.   Despite the geographical distance, the ties between our populations date back, at the very least, to the mid-1500s, long before the […]

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