Ministri precedenti

Press Releases

17 October 2015

Gentiloni hails approval of UNESCO resolution on urgent intervention in crisis areas

“I would like to express my deep satisfaction with the decision by UNESCO to institute a mechanism for the coordination of urgent interventions in crisis areas”, stated Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. “This response to Italy’s proposal confirms our country’s guiding role in the defence of cultural heritage at risk in […]

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Press Releases

15 October 2015

Gentiloni: Italian Development Cooperation is growing again after years of decline, says Gentiloni

“Italian Development Cooperation is growing again after years of decline. The is a historic change that strengthens Italy’s international role in helping developing countries. The additional funding will enable our country to implement a realignment plan for our official development assistance and use our contribution to better effect. This will be done by financing international […]

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15 October 2015

Expo – World Food Day – Italy’s pledge to contribution

  An Italy represented at the highest institutional levels took the occasion of World Food Day, celebrated at the Milan EXPO, to reconfirm its pledge to contribute to achieving the goal of a “generation without hunger” on a “planet at peace” because it is “nourished”. Concepts repeatedly underscored by both Head of State Sergio Mattarella […]

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Interviews

11 October 2015

Gentiloni: “Attack in Ankara perpetrated by the enemies of peace in the Middle East” (la Repubblica)

“With 3 weeks to go until the elections, Turkey has been hit by a horrific attack. On behalf of Italy, I extend Italy’s sorrow and condolences to the Turkish government and people. Our sympathy goes out to the victims, who were taking part in a demonstration for peace and democracy and against the terrorist violence […]

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Press Releases

9 October 2015

Minister Gentiloni meets Faiz al Siraj, proposed as premier by the UN Envoy for Libya, Bernardino Leon

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has had a discussion with Faiz al Siraj, proposed as premier by the United Nations Envoy for Libya, Bernardino Leon, yesterday evening [11 October 2015]. The proposal comes after months of negotiations. Minister Gentiloni offered al Siraj his best wishes for the rapid installation of […]

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Press Releases

9 October 2015

Nobel Peace prize awarded to the National Dialogue Quartet of civil society organisations in Tunisia

“The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Quartet of Tunisian civil society organisations symbolises the victory of the people of Tunisia and of all peoples and communities who have placed their belief in the democratisation process that begin in 2010 on the southern shores of the Mediterranean”. This was the comment of the […]

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Interviews

9 October 2015

Gentiloni: «Italian letter to founder countries to build a Europe of two levels» (Corriere della Sera)

“It is no secret that Libya is more on our minds than Syria. There has been no decision to bomb Iraq. Much less to hide it from or not inform the Parliament”. The place is Milan, Via Solferino, the offices of Corriere della Sera, and Minister Paolo Gentiloni winds up a day in Lombardy that […]

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Press Releases

9 October 2015

Libya: Gentiloni hails step toward national unity government

Minister Paolo Gentiloni expressed “satisfaction with the results achieved over night by the Libyan delegations. This is an important step toward the much hoped for establishment of a national unity government”. “It is now essential that all the parties concerned approve the agreement and proceed to signing it”, the minister said. “In acknowledgement of the […]

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8 October 2015

Gentiloni at the General Assembly and Annual Conference of the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo)

Minister Gentiloni took part today in the General Assembly and Annual Conference of the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) organised in Milan in collaboration with ISPI and the IEMed of Barcelona. Established in 1996 within the framework of the Barcelona Process, the EuroMeSCo unites the major policy and security study centres in the Euro-Mediterranean area. The […]

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7 October 2015

Gentiloni in Tangiers for Med Dialogue Focus on Crisis Region

From Libya to Syria, from the Middle East peace process to the fight against terrorism, and from migration flows to people trafficking. The region’s various crises will be the main topics on the agenda of the 12th ministerial meeting of the Western Mediterranean Dialogue taking place today in Tangiers, Morocco. Participants in the 5+5 Dialogue […]

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5 October 2015

2015 ANCE Report – Gentiloni, Farnesina and government help enterprise with foreign investment opportunities

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian government are helping Italian businesses take advantage of foreign investment opportunities, as foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni pointed out in a speech at the presentation of the 2015 Report by ANCE (the Italian national builders association) today at the Farnesina. Present also were Under Secretary […]

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Press Releases

5 October 2015

Middle East: Gentiloni condemns violence in Jerusalem and West Bank

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni expressed his “firm condemnation of the acts of violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank, along with those yesterday in Jerusalem’s Old City in which two members of an Orthodox Jewish family traveling to the Wailing Wall were killed, and the hope that those responsible will […]

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