Della Vedova: «Con l’Italia aumentano gli scambi» (Il Sole 24 Ore)
Benedetto della Vedova, sottosegretario agli Esteri, sarà tra le autorità che interverranno al seminario domani a Roma a cura dell’Osservatorio Asia sulle imprese italiane nei Paesi Mean. Un’area alla quale il ministero sta dedicando un’attenzione speciale. Sottosegretario della Vedova, l’area Asean è in crescita, che ulteriori sviluppi si possono intuire? «Dobbiamo cogliere queste opportunità di […]
Read moreGentiloni: “Targeted incursions and naval actions for the EU mission in Libya” (Corriere della Sera)
“Targeted incursions and naval actions for the EU Mission in Libya” by Paolo Valentin Mr. Minister, how is the EU mission against the traffickers to act? “The European Council’s final statement clearly indicates the goal: “undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and destroy vessels before they are used by traffickers”. The foreign ministry does not […]
Read moreLondon and the PD: Letter from Minister Paolo Gentiloni to daily newspaper ‘La Repubblica’
Dear Editor: Reread today, Tony Blair’s description of an election “in which a traditional left-wing party competes with a traditional right-wing party, with the traditional result (a Tory win)” seems a sort of prophecy. It would be worth considering the reasons for Labour’s defeat. Certainly, there are contingencies, first among them the avalanche of Scottish […]
Read moreGentiloni: “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 moreOrganiser des centres des triage puor les migrants en Afrique pour eviter les desastres (l’Opinion)
Intervista del Sottosegretario Giro a l’Opinion
Read morePistelli – «Per rimuovere le cause di instabilità serve anche la cooperazione» (La Stampa)
«Dicono a volte che la cooperazione è solo una roba di nicchia – spiega il viceministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Lapo Pistelli – poi però non è un caso che quando c’è da dare un segnale alla Tunisia dopo l’attentato del museo si intervenga cancellando una parte del debito e convertendo un’altra in progetti […]
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 […]
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