“Thousands of armed men. We may need a more robust mission”, says Terzi (la Repubblica)
Rome – Fifteen Italian observers are about to leave for Syria: our contribution to the UN mission of 300 observers envisaged by the Annan Peace Plan. “But that number is probably too low and we’ll need to go back to the Security Council”, warns Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi. “To ask for a more robust force, […]
Read moreDassù: «Francois, ultima fermata per l’euro» (Il Foglio)
Rome – While German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is prepared to combine budget discipline with an eye to growth, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the world, through her spokesperson, that the Stability Pact signed by 25 of the EU’s 27 member states is a consolidated achievement not open to further negotiation. Yet French Socialist […]
Read moreTerzi: “The Europe of the future cannot operate like a ‘Directoire’” (l’Unità)
From the Tymoshenko case to the French election, via the Middle East and Africa. The interview granted to l’Unità by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi is broad in scope. With one unifying strand: the Europe of today and of the future. The first “hot” dossier right now is the “Tymoshenko case”. Your German colleague has threatened […]
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“What has happened over the last few days is horrific and barbaric”. Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi doesn’t mince his words when he condemns the massacres in Nigeria, just hours after the latest attack on Christians. The authors of the attack are probably Boko Haram, who had already struck out against Christians at Christmas 2011. The […]
Read moreTerzi: Il ministro Terzi e i marò prigionieri
«VOGLIAMO sostenere la proiezione dell’Italia nel suo insieme su due grandi direttrici di fondo: la dimensione politica e la dimensione economica. Rientrano in questa profonda consapevolezza la responsabilità di tutelare sempre gli interessi dei nostri connazionali all’estero, quelli delle nostre imprese, ma anche la missione culturale del nostro Paese». Il ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi […]
Read moreDe Mistura: “How to help the Afghans, not when to leave. That’s the question we should be asking”
“Afghanistan is more than just the Taliban and the forces loyal to Hamid Karzai’s government. The country also has a ‘third force’ that needs to be given concrete support: I’m referring to the associations and non-governmental organisations (NGO)s of Afghan civil society. That’s why our firm support for the Karzai government must be increasingly tied […]
Read moreRome puts the issue of piracy on the G8 agenda
Freedom of navigation in international waters and therefore indirectly the issue of piracy, will be on the agenda of the G8 foreign ministers meeting today and tomorrow in Washington, in preparation for the summit of heads of state and government to be held at Camp David in mid-May. Italy asked to have this point added […]
Read moreDe Mistura: Aspettiamo i documenti ufficiali
II sottosegretario agli Esteri Staffan De Mistura ha incontrato ieri in Puglia i familiari del maresciallo Massimiliano Latorre e del sergente Salvatore Girone. Ha seguito, attimo dopo attimo, le ultime vicende (le indiscrezioni sulle perizie che confermerebbero le responsabilità dei due militari), non proprio una sorpresa per la Farnesina. De Mistura, nella prima fase della […]
Read moreTerzi: “Now Burma must release all its political prisoners” (La Stampa)
As Mark Twain said, “this is Burma, and it will be different from any other country you know…”. The quote by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata expresses the hope that, with the G8 foreign ministers’ meeting next week in Washington, and then the EU meeting in Brussels on 23 April, a decisive period is […]
Read moreTerzi: “Those 50 victims in Afghanistan are like the victims of terrorism” (Corriere della Sera)
Rome: “The Italian soldiers who fell in Afghanistan have the same value as the Italians who lost their lives in the fight against terrorism”, said Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi yesterday, 29 March 2012. In Afghanistan, this country assailed by the Taliban, our contingent still includes 4,200 people in uniform. Last week’s deaths brought the number […]
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