Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, lei è ministro degli Esteri da poco più di sei mesi. Le piaceva di più fare l’ambasciatore? «Non si tratta di preferenze. La presenza di tecnici nei vari settori rafforza questo governo, non lo indebolisce. E io ho ricevuto un grande onore e una grande responsabilità, non penso ad altro». E […]
Read moreGiulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, you have been foreign minister for just under six months. Did you prefer being an ambassador? «It’s not a question of preferences. Having technocrats from various sectors strengthens rather than weakens this government, and I have been given a great honour and responsibility, that’s all I think about». Nevertheless, the foreign […]
Read moreThe Friends of Syria are shut up in the Palace of Dolmabahce – where all the clocks perpetually read 9.05, the hour of the death of the father of modern Turkey Kemal Ataturk – when, almost like a dare, the news of the regime’s latest massacre arrives. The quest is on for a political solution […]
Read moreSomething has shifted on the diplomatic front with regard to the Syrian crisis. Today’s meeting of the Friends of Syria in Istanbul produced a “transition strategy” backed by new sanctions and the involvement of Russia (but not Iran) in stopping the ongoing bloodbath in that Arab country. While the Russian-Chinese summit in Beijing announced its […]
Read more(valid only the actual speech delivered) Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, let me express my sincere gratitude to the Turkish government for hosting this important event and to you, Secretary Clinton and Minister Davutoglu, for preparing and leading our session. I warmly welcome the first participation of Tunisia in the GCTF ministerial meeting, and I congratulate […]
Read moreSomething has shifted on the diplomatic front with regard to the Syrian crisis. Today’s meeting of the Friends of Syria in Istanbul produced a “transition strategy” backed by new sanctions and the involvement of Russia (but not Iran) in stopping the ongoing bloodbath in that Arab country. While the Russian-Chinese summit in Beijing announced its […]
Read more“The strategy chosen by Damascus risks leading to genocide if intervention is not rapid”, said Minister Giulio Terzi in a report to the joint upper and lower house foreign affairs commissions. He explained that the Syrian regime “intends to defend itself through an increasingly brutal and direct escalation of terror against civilians and by artificially […]
Read moreA diplomatic summit in Istanbul, bringing together the main members of the Friends of Syria group, the U.S., Italy, France, UK and Germany, was called by the Turkish government. Italy is to be represented by Minister Giulio Terzi. A meeting of the principal partners in the Friends of Syria will be held on Wednesday in […]
Read moreL’Italia ha sospeso oggi l’attività della propria Ambasciata a Damasco e rimpatriato dello staff della sede diplomatica. Anche in considerazione delle gravi condizioni di sicurezza, insieme ai principali partner dell’Unione Europea, abbiamo inteso ribadire la più ferma condanna verso le inaccettabili violenze attuate dal regime siriano nei confronti dei propri cittadini. L’Italia continuerà a sostenere […]
Read moreL’Italia ha sospeso oggi l’attività della propria Ambasciata a Damasco e rimpatriato dello staff della sede diplomatica. Anche in considerazione delle gravi condizioni di sicurezza, insieme ai principali partner dell’Unione Europea, abbiamo inteso ribadire la più ferma condanna verso le inaccettabili violenze attuate dal regime siriano nei confronti dei propri cittadini. L’Italia continuerà a sostenere […]
Read moreThe Syrian crisis was among the topics of the 29th EU-Russia summit held in Strelna on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, with Russian President Putin, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, and both foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Catherine Ashton. Annan plan has the best […]
Read moreIn Somalia we need to avoid a power gap that could be exploited by the warlords. This was the appeal made by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon when he opened the International Conference on Somalia in Istanbul. The Conference brought together the representatives of 54 countries to map out the pathway for Somalia to […]
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