Gentiloni: «Global challenge to terrorism» (L’Unità)
To “overhaul” the international anti-Daesh strategy and evaluate the new challenges posed by terrorism. This was the agenda of the Small Group Ministerial Meeting of the Coalition to counter Daesh, which gave rise to three political messages that are due to guide future actions. The first concerns the results achieved up to now. The anti-Daesh […]
Read moreGentiloni: «There is the risk that ISIS will now move to Libya» (Il Messaggero)
Today, meeting in Rome, are the representatives of 23 Countries of the anti-ISIS coalition. The host is Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, who yesterday took stock of the situation with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry. In December the United States had asked Italy to take part in the air strikes. Why is there some reluctance […]
Read moreGentiloni: “A two-speed Europe? It’s a possibility, let’s restart with the six founding countries” (La Stampa)
“It’s right to talk about a two-speed Europe, although it isn’t the best definition, because opposing views must and can coexist”: the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni thus announces that during the next meeting in Rome, between colleagues from the six founding countries of the EU, a “common view of the future of the […]
Read moreGentiloni launches a challenge: peace is possible in Syria. «Beyond the embargo, with humanitarian corridors and aid”
«Pressure must be exerted on two fronts: engaging the regime into opening humanitarian corridors and, through negotiations, obtaining a ceasefire in order to mitigate the ongoing tragedy», said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni commenting the situation in Syria. He has a clear stance on the fact that the war in Syria, with its cities under siege, […]
Read moreGentiloni: «EU is raising a useless controversy. Flexibility? It’s all our doing» (Corriere della Sera)
«Europe is experiencing one of its most difficult periods since the ‘60s. It does not need Brussels to engage in useless controversies. Italy is not raising controversy but it obeys E.U. rules and demands to be respected,” Minister Gentiloni said in reply to the unprecedented words of criticism addressed by the President of the EU […]
Read moreGentiloni: La Libye n’est pas une province de Daech (Le Figaro)
Gentiloni: La Libye n’est pas une province de Daech (Le Figaro)
Read moreGentiloni: “Who misses borders?” (l’Unità)
Cologne’s shameful night calls for an uncompromising response from German authorities and reminds us too that no confusion can be made between the duty to receive refugees and tolerating violence and lawlessness. The response must be all the more severe because those incidents burst on the scene of a Europe that has been on the […]
Read moreGiro: Democrazia vs paura (L’Huffington Post)
La democrazia è malata? Attraversa una crisi irreversibile? Ce lo chiediamo in questo inizio 2016, presi tra tante incertezze e preoccupazioni. Il mondo sembra di difficile comprensione e preso da molti demoni. La cosa più grave è che non siamo più sicuri del nostro modo di vivere con gli altri, tutto ci sembra minaccioso. Siamo […]
Read moreBeijing – Ambassador Sequi meets Chinese Vice-Minister Zhong
“Our commitment towards strengthening political and trade relations between Italy and China is strong, sincere and concrete,” Italian Ambassador in Beijing Ettore Sequi told China’s Vice-Minister of Commerce Mr. Zhong at the end of their meeting at the Ministry of Commerce. They met today to review their countries’ main economic and trade reports and lay […]
Read morePechino – Ambasciatore Sequi incontra Vice Ministro cinese Zhong
“E’ forte, sincero e concreto il nostro impegno per rafforzare le relazioni politiche e commerciali tra Italia e Cina”: cosi’ l’ambasciatore italiano a Pechino, Ettore Sequi, ha salutato il vice ministro del Commercio cinese, Zhong Shan, al termine del loro incontro al ministero del Commercio. L’ambasciatore e il vice ministro hanno passato in rassegna i […]
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