Ministri precedenti

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22 November 2016

Farnesina Open Doors – 8th Transparency Day 28 – 30 November 2016

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation proposes a new edition of “Farnesina Open Doors”, the event opening the building to the general public. Over the recent years, “Farnesina Open Doors” has turned into the event that renews the Ministry’s commitment to promote its assets in Italy and abroad: an opportunity to have an […]

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Press Releases

21 November 2016

Italy – Vietnam. Gentiloni meets Pham Binh Minh: goal to reach 5 billion euro bilateral trade volume

“Vietnam is our privileged strategic partner in Asia. The state visit of President Tran Dai Quang, in return for President Mattarella’s visit to Hanoi last year, following Prime Minister Renzi’s visit in 2014, testifies to the excellent relations between the two countries. The aim is to meet the 5-billion euro target for bilateral trade between the […]

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Interviews

19 November 2016

GENTILONI «Growth and defence: we must react and take strong decisions. It is our last chance».

Minister Gentiloni, former Italian Ambassador to the U.S., Giovanni Castellaneta, warns that with Trump at the White House Italy and Europe will no longer be able to count on the USA as in the past years. Are you convinced of that too? “We will cooperate with the president-elect. The U.S. is our number one ally. […]

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18 November 2016

Libya: Progress made at the meeting of the Libyan Economic Dialogue. Gentiloni expresses satisfaction.

“The second round of the Libyan Economic Dialogue (LED), that ended in Rome yesterday, marked progress in enhancing security for the people and the resumption of a shared economic and tax policy. The competitiveness of the economy and of Libyan currency and resumption of oil exports are essential to overcome the difficulties the Country is […]

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10 November 2016

Minister Paolo Gentiloni visits Niger, Mali and Senegal

Migration will be the main issue on the agenda of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, during his visit to Niger, Mali and Senegal. Italy intends to follow up on the Migration compact and on its commitment for Africa, which will also be expressed when sitting on the UN Security Council in 2017. The main challenge is […]

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8 November 2016

Minister Gentiloni on mission in southern Caucasus

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was in Yerevan today, the last city visited during his mission to southern Caucasus. Following a meeting in Yerevan with his Armenian colleague, Edward Nalbandian, Minister Gentiloni underlined that “the Armenian government and the European Union have committed to convene for various cycles of negotiations for the liberalisation of visas. The […]

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8 November 2016

Minister Gentiloni on mission in the southern Caucasus

On his mission in the Caucusus, Minister Gentiloni’s second stop was in Baku, where the Minister met with the President of the Republic, Ilham H. Aliyev and with Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, to discuss a long list of bilateral and international issues, also in view of the Italian chairmanship of the OECD in 2018 and […]

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7 November 2016

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gentiloni, on a mission to Southern Caucasus – First stop Tbilisi

Italy supports the “sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Georgia, its movement towards the EU and NATO, in the wake of a “sound friendship” between our two Countries. This is what Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said after a meeting with his Georgian counterpart, Mr Mikheil Janelizde, during the first stop on his mission to […]

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Interviews

7 November 2016

Gentiloni – Avramopoulos: “Migrants, helping Africa to help Europe” (La Repubblica)

Dear Editor, the challenges raised by the migration flows to Europe during these last few years have shown that we need a global approach reaching well beyond European borders. This is why the European Union launched a new strategy with the aim of defining a Compact with the principal Countries of origin and transit of […]

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Interviews

6 November 2016

Article by Minister Gentiloni “A leader’s vision” (L’Unità)

Barack Obama is closing his eight-year mandate at the White House reaping a high level of popularity. He found an America affected by the most severe economic crisis since the end of the two world wars, and involved, with thousands of soldiers on the ground, in conflicts increasingly difficult to be justified. He is leaving […]

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Press Releases

5 November 2016

Foreign Minister Gentiloni and Libyan Prime Minister Al-Serraj discuss release of hostages with a telephone conversation

The Prime Minister of Libya, Fayez Al-Serraj, had a telephone conversation with the Italian Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, to express the satisfaction of the government of Tripoli over the release of two Italian hostages seized on 19 September in southern Libya.Minister Gentiloni informed Prime Minister Renzi about the message received from Prime Minister Serraj and […]

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Interviews

5 November 2016

Interview with Paolo Gentiloni – “Obama’s legacy is the fight against inequalities”

Mr Minister, there was a special feeling also between Bush and Berlusconi: what makes it different from the one between Obama and Renzi? “The connection between Renzi an Obama is not only based on a geopolitical convenience but on an analogy of ideals. They have a similar way of seeing the problems of the world.” […]

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