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In detail
8 March 2012
OUR SERVICEMEN: Respect international law, Italy tells India

The intervention of the Head of State, the initiative by Prime Minister Mario Monti, and the daily endeavours of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi all indicate the approach Italy is following with India to find a solution to the case of the two servicemen arrested in that country. For Italy, the necessary condition is full respect […]

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Interviews
8 March 2012
Terzi: “Here’s how we’ll bring them home”

“Our line hasn’t changed. We’ve been firm with India since the outset, while seeking at all times not to raise the temperature of the discussion. We don’t want to compromise a situation that’s already very difficult. But the proceeding against the Italians is illegal. They’re military personnel engaged in combating piracy, a very serious threat […]

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7 March 2012
India: caso Marò, telefonata Monti-Singh (in translation)

Il caso dei due Marò italiani trattenuti in India è stato oggetto di un colloquio telefonico tra il Presidente del Consiglio Mario Monti ed il Primo Ministro indiano Manmohan Singh. “Nel ribadire al Premier indiano la massima attenzione e preoccupazione con cui il Governo segue le vicende dei Marò italiani Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone, […]

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Interviews
7 March 2012
Sui Marò deve muoveresi anche l’Europo

Da quindici giorni è in prima linea sul “fronte indiano”. Un impegno che Staffan de Mistura rilancia in queste ore cruciali. E nell’intervista concessa a l’Unità spiega la strategia italiana per riportare a casa Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone, i due marò in carcere in India. «Non siamo stati sconfitti – rimarca pochi minuti dopo […]

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Interviews
7 March 2012
Sui Marò deve muoveresi anche l’Europo

Da quindici giorni è in prima linea sul “fronte indiano”. Un impegno che Staffan de Mistura rilancia in queste ore cruciali. E nell’intervista concessa a l’Unità spiega la strategia italiana per riportare a casa Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone, i due marò in carcere in India. «Non siamo stati sconfitti – rimarca pochi minuti dopo […]

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6 March 2012
Tokyo: Seminar on energy efficiency and renewables

The Italian Embassy in Tokyo organised a seminar on 2 March 2012 on “Renewable Energy and the Feed-In Tariffs System in Italy”. The event took place during World Smart Energy Week, the main Japanese event in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart grid sector. Participants included representatives of Gestore Servizi Energetici GSE (the public […]

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6 March 2012
Our servicemen: Minister Terzi summons the Indian Ambassador to Rome

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has summoned the Indian Ambassador to Rome, Debrabata Saha, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Minister Terzi reiterated the positions already expressed by the Italian Government on the Italian courts’ sole jurisdiction over an event involving organs of the state operating to combat piracy under the Italian flag and in […]

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Press Releases
6 March 2012
Minister Terzi summons the Indian Ambassador to Rome to the Foreign Ministry

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi summoned the Indian Ambassador to Rome, Debrabata Saha, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, 6 March 2012. Minister Terzi was acting in the name of the Italian Government to protest against the conduct of the Indian authorities with respect to the two Italian military held in Trivandrum following the events […]

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6 March 2012
Italy-Pakistan: MFA Envoy meets Pakistan’s Foreign Minister

The peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan, the dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan and between Afghanistan and the US, bilateral relations between Italy and Pakistan. These were the focus for the discussion between the Pakistani Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, and Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s Envoy to the region, Francesco Talò. At the close […]

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Press Releases
5 March 2012
Press release detail

On Minister Giulio Terzi’s instructions, Secretary-General Giampiero Massolo conveyed the Italian government’s deep concern to the Indian chargé d’affaires in Rome, Saurabh Kumar, over the Kollam court’s decision to place Marshall Massimiliano Latorre and Sergeant Salvatore Girone under the custody of the Trivandrum prison, effective immediately. Defining such measures as unacceptable, considering the status of […]

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2 March 2012
Italian Cooperation Bulletin

The Italian Cooperation’s monthly bulletin is now on-line on the DGCS website. Top stories include: “Hidden Treasures: 10 years of Italy in Afghanistan”, and Live from the Field: UTL of Beijing; documents and deliberations: 2010 parliamentary reports.

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Speeches
1 March 2012
Speech by Minister Terzi at the inauguration of the second Piaggio factory

(please check against actual speech delivered) Deputy Prime Minister Hai, President of the Province of Vin Phuc Hung, President Colaninno, President Rossi, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be participating in the inauguration of this second Piaggio factory, and not only because it is a new and important productive investment by one of Italy’s […]

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