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Interviews
19 March 2012
L’Ambsciatore a Delhi: subito passi importanti

Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte, 65 anni, ambasciatore a New Delhi da poco più di due anni, non è più concentrato solamente sulle coste dello stato sud-occidentale del Kerala dove si trovano in carcere i due marò, Salvatore Girone e Massimiliano Latorre. Ora, con il sequestro dei due turisti italiani nello stato orientale dell’Orissa, si trova […]

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Press Releases
16 March 2012
Under-Secretary De Mistura meets with Pakistani Minister for Minority Affairs Paul Bhatti

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Staffan de Mistura met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with Pakistani Minister for Minority Affairs Paul Bhatti, a Catholic, the Prime Minister’s Special Advisor and brother of Shahbaz Bhatti (Minister for Minority Affairs killed last March). Their discussions centred on the status of minority protections and inter-faith dialogue in […]

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16 March 2012
MARINES: “Need to display confidence and tenacity”, says De Mistura

“We need to display confidence and tenacity”, asserted Under-Secretary De Mistura in an interview for “Unomattina” on the two Italian marines being tried in an Indian court. For the moment “the ballistics evidence is crucial. If it emerges that the bullets are not Italian we will be bringing them home soon. If the results are […]

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Interviews
16 March 2012
due mesi per riportare a casa i marò

«Siamo in un imbuto legale e giuridico. Ci vorranno due mesi ancora, ma non molleremo mai per difendere i nostri marò, i nostri militari. Ci vuole tempo, pazienza…». E abilità diplomatica. Quella che non manca a Staffan De Mistura, il sottosegretario agli Esteri, inviato speciale al fronte indiano. Mercoledì sera Staffan De Mistura è rientrato […]

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15 March 2012
MARINES “ABDUCTED”: “Committed to bringing them home”

In Minister Giulio Terzi’s report to the Lower House, following that of the Upper House, he informed the parliament on the government’s line of action in incidents in Nigeria and India and, more in general, with regard to all Italians still being held by kidnappers: “transparency” on the procedures the government intends to adopt and […]

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14 March 2012
Cooperation: needs to be stronger to make Italy a leader

The Italian Cooperation has to be stronger in order for Italy to be an international leader. This was the message from Minister for Cooperation Andrea Riccardi and Under-Secretary Marta Dassù during the first meeting of the Development Cooperation Steering Committee on 12 March.The two members of the government sparked a broad-based reflection on Italian official […]

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14 March 2012
MARINES AND THE “ABDUCTED”: The commitment to bring them home – Terzi reports to the parliament, “foreign ministry resources shrinking rapidly”

In Minister Giulio Terzi’s report to the Lower House, following that of the Upper House, he informed the parliament on the government’s line of action in incidents in Nigeria and India and, more in general, with regard to all Italians still being held by kidnappers: “transparency” on the procedures the government intends to adopt and […]

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13 March 2012
”Trasparenza e ritorno a casa degli ostaggi” – Terzi al Senato, gli obiettivi del governo (in translation)

”Trasparenza” e ”impegno a riportare tutti gli ostaggi a casa”: sono le priorita’ del governo al centro dell’intervento del Ministro Giulio Terzi al Senato con particolare riferimento al blitz in Nigeria che ha provocato la morte dell’ingegnere italiano Franco Lamolinara e quella di un cittadino britannico, e all’arresto in India dei due maro’. Il governo […]

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13 March 2012
Nigeria, Terzi in Senato: informazione Gb tardiva ma non intenzionale (in translation)

Il governo ha la “forte volontà” di procedere in modo “trasparente” sulla morte di Franco Lamolinara e di “condividere con il Parlamento” le informazioni di cui dispone. Lo ha detto il Ministro Giulio Terzi nella sua informativa nell’aula del Senato sul caso dell’ingegnere italiano rimasto ucciso in Nigeria nel corso di un blitz delle forze […]

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13 March 2012
ORE 14.00 – MARINES: Ashton committed to positive solution, Monti says. EU contacts in India after Monti-Terzi intervention

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton “has committed to undertaking any possible further step toward a positive solution” to the affair involving two Italian servicemen in India. This was the message of Premier Mario Monti in a note issued in Brussels after a meeting with the High Representative, during which she supplied the Italian Premier with […]

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Interviews
12 March 2012
Letter from Minister Terzi: «From Nigeria to India»

Dear Editor I would like to express some observations regarding your newspaper’s commentary on our foreign policy efforts under circumstances that have inspired criticism. If, on the one hand, it is proper and understandable that these affairs be kept in the spotlight, on the other hand, their complexity is leading to a misapprehension that I, […]

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9 March 2012
NIGERIA: Terzi a Hague, “massima chiarezza” – MARO’: L’UE in campo. L’Italia conferma la sua posizione (in translation)

Il blitz anglo-nigeriano in Nigeria nel corso del quale sono rimasti uccisi l’italiano Franco Lamolinara ed un cittadino britannico e la vicenda dei due maro’ arrestati in India sono stati al centro della riunione informale dei ministri degli esteri Ue a Copenaghen. Nell’ambito della richiesta esplicita di “chiarimento” (“è necessario un chiarimento sul piano politico-diplomatico”) […]

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