Gentiloni: «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 […]
Read moreGentiloni: «La Serbia deve essere premiata per il coraggio di compiere quello che l’Eu le sta chiedendo» (Politika)
Il Ministro Paolo Gentiloni intervistato dal quotidiano ‘Politika’ Traduzione non ufficiale L’Italia ha sempre sostenuto l’esigenza di una sollecita apertura di un primo capitolo negoziale con la Serbia, in considerazione del coraggio e della determinazione dimostrati dal Paese nell’affrontare le delicate riforme richieste dalla UE. Il coraggio e la determinazione vanno riconosciuti. I dubbi […]
Read moreGentiloni: Europe risks ignoring threat from south, warns Italy (Financial Times)
Europe risks perilously overlooking threats from its southern flank as the Ukraine crisis dominates attention and reawakens old habits from the cold war, Italy’s foreign minister warns. “We are a bit too concerned by what happens on our northeastern borders because of the perfectly understandable and strong narrative of the 20th century,” said Paolo Gentiloni […]
Read morePistelli:«Un aiuto europeo alla Tunisia» (Il Piccolo)
Nel mosaico mediorientale le parole sono importanti Quando parla di quello che molti chiamano “Stato islamico”, il viceministro degli Esteri Lapo Pistelli dice «Daesh», ovvero il termine spregiativo usato dalla resistenza al sedicente califfato in Siria e Iraq. E la collaborazione col mondo islamico di Medioriente e Maghreb nella lotta alla nuova generazione jihadista sembra […]
Read moreLa fame d’innovazione e hi-tech in Sudamerica è una grande opportunità per le pmi italiane (MF)
Dopo essere stata in costante crescita tra il 2002 e il 2013, l’America Latina frena, attestandosi su un magro 1,3%. Il Fmi e l’Ocse vi scorgono l’inizio di un nuovo ciclo, condizionato da prezzo delle materie prime, soprattutto energetiche, in calo. Il continente deve affrontare il rischio concreto di non reggere il benessere raggiunto in […]
Read moreGentiloni: «Rapid pacification of Libya to combat terrorism» (Il Messaggero)
As Foreign Minister, would you say that we now have the first Italian victims of ISIS? Are Tunisia’s Ansar al Sharia jihadists aligned with the Caliphate? «We have the innocent victims of criminal terrorists. And then, it’s very difficult to make a clear distinction between Daesh [ISIS, editor’s note] and more traditional jihad-based terrorism. Certainly, […]
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