Ministri precedenti

Press Releases

14 December 2015

EU: Minister Gentiloni on the opening of Serbia’s accession negotiations

“A significant step forward in Belgrade’s efforts toward for European integration, and an important stage in its definitive re-entry into the common European house”, was Minister for Foreign Affair and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni’s response to the opening today in Brussels of the first two chapters (financial capital and relations between Belgrade and Pristina) in […]

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Press Releases

13 December 2015

Ministerial Meeting for Libya – Joint Communique

We affirm our full support for the Libyan people in maintaining the unity of Libya and its institutions that function for the benefit of the whole Country.  A Government of National Accord based in the capital Tripoli is urgently needed to provide Libya the means to maintain governance, promote stability and economic development.  We stand […]

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12 December 2015

Mediterranean a place of extraordinary opportunity

Representatives of 34 countries, 33 heads of state, ministers and international organisation officials, along with 400 economic, political and cultural leaders, held 3 days of meetings on the Mediterranean. A dialogue centred on prosperity, security, migration, media, culture and civil society, RomeMed 2015 was aimed at creating a moment of frank encounter and analysis on […]

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11 December 2015

World Energy Outlook 2015 – Global energy market scenarios

The World Energy Outlook (WEO), the best known annual publication produced by the International Energy Agency, provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of medium- and long-term energy trends. The issues covered by the 2015 edition of the WEO include an analysis of the role of the energy sector in fostering a new commitment to sustainable […]

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10 December 2015

A new agenda for the Mediterranean – First edition of the Med Forum organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI

Med Forum – Mediterranean Dialogues will take place in Rome from 10 to 12 December 2015. The even is promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), with the collaboration of the ArabTrans Think Tank Network and Aspen Institute Italia. All sessions will be […]

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Press Releases

9 December 2015

“Development Cooperation: a reform for the future”, says Gentiloni

Renewing and strengthening the strategic role of Development Cooperation is one of the key points of the stability law, which envisages an increase in our international cooperation resources of 125 million euro in 2016, 240 million in 2017 and 369 million for 2018. The law also envisages the completion of reforms to make development cooperation […]

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Interviews

8 December 2015

Our Strategy (L’Unità)

Syria is today the “mother” of all Mideast crises, and is receiving priority attention from the international community. Its dramatic humanitarian consequences and impact on the refugee phenomenon are there for all to see. The International Syria Support Group that has met twice in Vienna, and of which Italy is a member, has launched an […]

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Interviews

8 December 2015

Mediterranean crisis: the role of Italy and the anti-ISIS coalition (Corriere della Sera)

The turmoil in the Mediterranean is a challenge that strikes to the very core of Europe. The terrorist threat and the flow of migrants arriving on our borders are two questions that we must keep separate, but which both put us to the test. They place the values on which the European Union was founded […]

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Accreditation Notices

7 December 2015

Accreditation Notice: Presentations: Italian Human Rights Yearbook 2015 and the Annual Report of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) (Farnesina, 10 December 2015)

The Italian Human Rights Yearbook 2015 will be presented at the Farnesina at 10.00 on Thursday 10 December 2015. The presentation, organised by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (Italian initials CIDU) in collaboration with the University of Padua, coincides with Human Rights Day. The event will be opened by the Minister for Foreign Affairs […]

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7 December 2015

COP21 – A climate agreement to respond to global challenges

The 21st conference of the parties (COP21), organised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opened in Paris on 30 November and will conclude on 11 December. The goal is to forge an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in such a way as to maintain the average rise in global temperatures over […]

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7 December 2015

Press conference with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura

Rome will host a meeting of the international anti-Da’esh coalition in mid-January 2016. The meeting was announced by Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni at a press conference with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. The international coalition will discuss the anti-Da’esh strategy “without automatically harking back to the idea that thousands and thousands […]

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Accreditation Notices

7 December 2015

Accreditation Notice: Meeting between Minister Gentiloni and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov – Joint press conference (11 December 2015)

On Friday 11 December 2015, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will be meeting the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. The meeting will take place in Villa Madama at 12.15. A joint press conference will take place at the end of the meeting. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews […]

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