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22 August 2012
MOZAMBIQUE: 80 italian firms headed for the Maputo fair

A group of approximately 80 Italian firms will be participating in the Maputo international trade fair (FACIM) from 27 August to 2 September. Under the coordination of the Embassy in Mozambique and the ICE, the firms exhibiting in the Italian Pavilion, which are to include major groups such as Saipem and Tenaris, will be joined […]

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9 August 2012
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To the Editor: I would like to thank the associations Migrare and Articolo 21, which in the columns of Unità recently turned their attention to Somalia and to the commitment of Italy and the overall international community to the future of that country. The International Contact Group on Somalia met in Rome one month ago, […]

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27 July 2012
Syria: Prevent a massacre at Aleppo, urges Terzi – Italy active with humanitarian aid

“Everyone must contribute to putting the maximum pressure on Assad in order to avoid another massacre”, commented Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, expressing his deep concern over the “disturbing” news of the government forces’ siege of the city Syrian of Aleppo. The Italian Cooperation has already launched emergency interventions on the ground on behalf […]

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26 July 2012
Italia-Egitto: Terzi al Cairo – Sostegno transizione democratica. Da Morsi garanzie su investimenti (in translation)

L’Italia sostiene la transizione democratica egiziana e auspica che l’Egitto conservi il suo ruolo di punto di riferimento, attivo ed equilibrato, della regione, su cui pesa la crisi siriana. Questo messaggio è stato portato dal Ministro Giulio Terzi, al Cairo, al nuovo Presidente egiziano Mohamed Morsi. Centrale per l’Italia – ha sottolineato Terzi – è […]

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26 July 2012
Italy – Egypt: Terzi in Cairo – First official meeting with President Morsi

With the intention of further strengthening Italy’s already intense relations with Egypt, Minister Giulio Terzi is to meet in Cairo, for the first time officially, with President Mohammed Morsi, the first civilian head of state to be elected after a long electoral campaign, one of the most delicate moments of a transition process that is […]

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26 July 2012
Alexandria – Consulate launches on-line visa service

The Italian Consulate of Alexandria, Egypt, now has an on-line visa “booking” system created by the MFA’s DGAI. The new system was activated for the Visa Office, while instructions, enrolment forms and booking template are published on the Consulate website. Once the system’s practicability and performance were tested, it was distributed to local Italian and […]

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24 July 2012
Libya: EU, Italy’s immigration requests approved, says Terzi

Minister Giulio Terzi hailed the EU Foreign Affairs Council’s approval of a document on integrated border controls “that responds to Italy’s requests to the letter”. The document confronts immigration with strategies common to all 27 Member States as urged by Italy in a letter signed by Minister Terzi and EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Malmstrom. […]

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23 July 2012
Syria: EU boosts sanctions and arms embargo

The EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels decided today to ratchet up the pressure on the Syrian regime by extending sanctions and, in particular, by boosting the arms embargo already in force. The new measures will allow European countries to perform inspections in their airports, sea ports and territorial waters of ships and planes en […]

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20 July 2012
Syria: UN approves extension of observers’ mission

The UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the observers mission in Syria by 30 days, after Thursday’s veto by Russia and China on a resolution presented by the Western countries in which sanctions were threatened against the regime in the case of failure to respect the Annan plan. Instead, the approved resolution calls […]

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20 July 2012
Yemen: Terzi confirms Italy’s support for transition

“I reiterated Italy’s pledge to support the political and institutional transition in Yemen, which is proceeding in a decidedly positive way”, was Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment coming out of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Yemeni counterpart Abu Bakr al-Qirbi. “Yemen has weathered the Arab spring with intelligence, and handled a […]

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20 July 2012
Syria – Terzi calls for urgent meeting of the “Friends of Syria”

“It is certainly impossible to stand by impotently; something different needs to be done”, Minister Giulio Terzi commented on the latest Russia-China UN Security Council veto on the Syrian crisis, suggesting that an “urgent meeting” of the Friends of Syria be called. At the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with […]

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