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Press Releases
19 September 2013
Under-Secretary Giro takes part in ceremony for the inauguration of President of Mali Ibrahim Boubachar Keita

“An important stage that confirms the country’s commitment and the international community’s good investment. Mali is a priority country for Italy because we are neighbours”, stated Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro, in Bamako today for the inauguration of the President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubachar Keita. The inauguration is a major step in the country’s […]

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Press Releases
18 September 2013
Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino meets with President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today in Rome with President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. “The resolution of the Somali crisis is an essential factor in global security because of its location along a belt of intense instability stretching from the coasts of the Arabian peninsula to the Atlantic […]

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17 September 2013
DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 17 September: Latest World News – Angola: Conference/Fair in Luanda on energy and water

Angola: Conference/Fair in Luanda on energy and water (25-27 Sept) The Angolan Minister for Energy and Water has convened an International conference for 25-27 September whose various topics will include: – priority government and local authority water and energy projects – current status of and future prospects for solar, wind and hydraulic power – energy-efficient […]

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17 September 2013
Somalia: Bonino, “progress” toward a “new deal”

The international community has pledged 2.8 billion euro – 650 million from the EU alone – for the political and social reconstruction of civil war-torn Somalia. As Minister Emma Bonino announced, Italy will take part in these efforts with a contribution of 9 million in 2013, which is to be summed with the Italian Cooperation’s […]

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13 September 2013
Death penalty: the battle for a moratorium must forge ahead, says Bonino

New record in number of executions in Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and North Korea. Suspension in Pakistan and considerable reduction in China. The latest report by “Hands off Cain” on the worldwide situation regarding the death penalty, up-dated from last month [August 2013], was presented at Palazzo Madama, the Italian Senate building, in the […]

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Press Releases
11 September 2013
Under-Secretary Giro meets representatives of Central African Republic

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro, met representatives of the Central African Republic at the Farnesina today. The delegation was made up of members of the government and of the national Transition Committee, and of religious communities and civil society. Led by the Minister for Communications with responsibility for Reconciliation, the delegation and its […]

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Interviews
11 September 2013
Bonino «Une prise de conscience générale de la part des hauts responsables politiques est là, mais le diable se cache dans les petits détails» (Le Temps) Versione originale

La Tunisie a reçu, dernièrement, la visite officielle de la ministre des Affaires étrangères italienne Mme. Emma Bonino. Une série de visites de première importance a été effectuées par Mme la ministre tout au long de son cours séjour parmi nous, les 2 et 3 septembre. Des rencontres de haute importance ont eu lieu avec […]

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Interviews
11 September 2013
Bonino «Une prise de conscience générale de la part des hauts responsables politiques est là, mais le diable se cache dans les petits détails» (Le Temps) Versione originale

La Tunisie a reçu, dernièrement, la visite officielle de la ministre des Affaires étrangères italienne Mme. Emma Bonino. Une série de visites de première importance a été effectuées par Mme la ministre tout au long de son cours séjour parmi nous, les 2 et 3 septembre. Des rencontres de haute importance ont eu lieu avec […]

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Press Releases
10 September 2013
Incontro tra il Ministro Bonino e il Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Federale di Nigeria Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru

Il Ministro degli Esteri Emma Bonino ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Federale di Nigeria Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru. Nel corso dell’incontro ampio spazio è stato dato alle questioni della lotta al terrorismo di matrice politico-religiosa ed al contrasto alla pirateria nel Golfo di Guinea. Il Ministro Bonino ha espresso […]

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Press Releases
10 September 2013
Incontro tra il Ministro Bonino e il Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Federale di Nigeria Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino received the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru, at the Farnesina today, 10 September 2013. The two ministers discussed measures to combat political-religious terrorism, and anti-piracy measures in the Gulf of Guinea. Minister Bonino expressed her great appreciation of the key role played by […]

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Press Releases
9 September 2013
Meeting between Minister Bonino and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Upper House, Mikhail Margelov

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino met Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Upper House and President Putin’s Special Envoy for Africa, at the Farnesina today, 9 September 2013. The talks were an opportunity to exchange views on issues concerning southern Sahel and the terrorist threat menacing countries like Mali, Libya and […]

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