On Thursday 18 October 2012, at 11:00, a meeting will be held at the foreign ministry in Rome of the Joint Italy-Iraq Commission, the sessions of which will open with speeches by Italian and Iraqi Foreign Ministers Giulio Terzi and Hoshyar Zebari.
The two ministers plan to hold press conference at 12:30.
Journalists and camera operators interested in covering the event are asked to apply for accreditation by completing the interactive form available at the link http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp to which all required documentation can be attached in digital format.
If in exceptional cases it is not possible to complete the online accreditation procedure, applications in writing on company letterhead and signed by the director of the organisation concerned—indicating name, surname, date and place of birth, number of a valid ID document and qualification—should be sent by fax to the Press Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (tel. 063691.3432 fax 06.3691.2122).
Accredited members of the press will be admitted at the rear entrance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Via Macchia della Farnesina according to the following schedule:
- between 9:45 and 10:15 (to cover the two opening speeches);
- between 11:45 and 12:15 (for the press conference).
