Gentiloni: “From EXPO to Libya, Italy no longer marginal” (Il Sole 24 Ore)
Italy’s voice remains strong and much appreciated within the international community. Not only thanks to the Milan EXPO, which has placed the spotlight on our country’s excellence, but also for our contribution to European integration and dialogue with Russia, as well as to the resolution of various crisis from Libya to the North African migrant […]
Read moreGentiloni: “Italy cannot close its doors on Russia” (La Stampa)
Minister Gentiloni, it is not so quiet along the European Union’s eastern frontiers: there has just been an EU summit in Kiev, and you are scheduled to be there on Tuesday. The many heads of state expected at the EXPO include Vladimir Putin. At what point is the Ukraine question? «The situation in Ukraine is […]
Read more“The people smugglers are financing Islamic terrorism”, says Gentiloni (Il Messaggero)
A sense of urgency. “We can’t wait. We need an emergency intervention, an immediate response. Otherwise, it’ll end up that Italy is no longer able to identify the migrants”. This was Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment in a break during the meeting of EU heads of diplomacy in Luxembourg. The Minister continued: “The people smugglers […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Italian Cooperation, a development challenge» (La Stampa – Inserto)
It is not easy, given today’s geopolitical context and the various international crises under way, to outline confident objectives for Italian foreign policy. Instability on multiple regional fronts, humanitarian crises such as Syria and the Ebola epidemic and the deepening difficulties associated with global development (climate change, increased inequality, vulnerability to economic crunch, etc.) are […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Yes to counter-terrorism actions in Libya. EU must not close its doors to Turkey» (Corriere della Sera)
We are in “a race against time” in Libya, but if we are not able to stablise the country counter-terrorism operations going to be necessary to contain ISIS and to stem the tide of migrants. Turkey’s reaction to the Pope’s words on the Armenian genocide is “disproportionate”, but Ankara must remain on its path toward […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Confront the emergency by stabilising Libya» (Il Sole 24Ore)
Minister Gentiloni, in the beginning you were in favour of military intervention in Libya. Are you still of the same mind? «Yes, we are working on trying to construct that framework of international legitimacy with the UN that would allow for intervention». The military option? «It’s not as if you can intervene just like […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Confront the emergency by stabilising Libya» (Il Sole 24Ore)
Minister Gentiloni, in the beginning you were in favour of military intervention in Libya. Are you still of the same mind? «Yes, we are working on trying to construct that framework of international legitimacy with the UN that would allow for intervention». The military option? «It’s not as if you can intervene just like […]
Read moreGentiloni: «EU must end egotistical silence over persecuted Christians» (Avvenire)
“Italy is committed in Europe to keeping the attention on the persecution of Christians and offering solidarity through specific projects. Otherwise we would be the passive accomplices of that silence denounced by Pope Frances”. Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks upon his return from a visit to Kenya after the tragic events at the University of Garissa. […]
Read more«All options are on the table against the terrorists. The military option is ready too», says Gentiloni (Corriere della Sera)
Pope Francis has condemned the “complicit silence” that surrounds the massacre of so many Christians throughout the world. Yesterday, on Easter Monday, he asked the world not to stand by, mute and inert. What do you think of his words, Minister Paolo Gentiloni? “There is a very serious threat to so many Christians in different […]
Read moreGentiloni: “We won’t accept an agreement at any cost”
“We won’t accept an agreement at any cost”, says Gentiloni. “Signing would change Tehran’s role in the Middle East” From our correspondent in Amman “We’re in favour of a good agreement in Lausanne but that doesn’t mean supporting the Iranian positions”. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks about the negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear capability after his […]
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