Ministri precedenti

Interviews

29 August 2015

The unending migration tragedy – Gentiloni: “Now Europe knows”

Interview with the minister: common rules on asylum and repatriation. White House: EU must stop traffickers “The horror of the lorry has convinced hawks, Europe has understood this is everyone’s tragedy”  Paolo Gentiloni, Minister for Foreign Affairs: “The tragedy of Austria is proof that the migration emergency is not ours alone. Members must not be […]

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27 August 2015

“Berlin Process” – Gentiloni attends the Western Balkans Summit 2015

Minister Paolo Gentiloni is taking part in the Western Balkans Summit taking place in Vienna today, 27 August 2015. This is the second summit in the “Berlin Process” that began one year ago with the Western Balkans Conference of August 2014. Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers and Economic Development Ministers of the 6 western Balkan […]

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Interviews

26 August 2015

“Enough talk of homework”, says Gentiloni. “Italy is doing its duty” (Corriere della Sera)

The German Chancellor, Merkel, and the French President, Hollande, are urging our government to open migrant registration centres “in a short timescale, by the end of the year”. And Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s reply is that “Italy is doing what it must do, indeed much more: saving tens of thousands of human lives and […]

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Press Releases

25 August 2015

Libya: Minister Gentiloni’s telephone contacts on the outlook for a solution to the crisis

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, had a number of telephone contacts yesterday and today (24 and 25 August 2015) on the outlook for a solution to the crisis in Libya. His aim is to support the on-going negotiations, facilitated by United Nations Envoy Bernardino Leon, to establish a Libyan government […]

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Interviews

23 August 2015

Gentiloni: «Europe must change now or Schengen’s in jeopardy» (Messaggero)

ROME «The issue of immigration threatens to bring out the worst in Europe, amid member state egoisms, disparate decision-making and polemics. I’m worried. It is going to be on this question that Europe either rediscovers its soul or else truly loses it».  According to Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni there has to be agreement, […]

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Press Releases

21 August 2015

Indonesia: Italians missing: search expanded

Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni was pleased to receive the news of the Indonesian government’s decision to extend search operations through Tuesday 25 August for Italian nationals Daniele Buresta, Michela Caresani and Alberto Mastrogiuseppe, missing following a scuba trip near the island of Sangalaki, in Indonesia. In cases of this sort, Indonesia normally provides […]

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Interviews

17 August 2015

Gentiloni: «Libya, immediate accord or we’ll be facing another Somalia» (La Stampa)

Migrants continue to die in the Mediterranean – there is talk of up to 2500 victims since the start of the year. Minister Gentiloni, what are we doing and what can we do? «We have had a record number of arrivals this year, but also a record number of rescues. Unfortunately, no matter how much […]

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Press Releases

15 August 2015

Libya: Minister Gentiloni speaks by phone with colleague Mohamed Al Dairy

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation received a telephone call today from his Libyan counterpart Mohamed Al Dairy. Their discussion included condemnation for the recent terrorist attacks by Daesh-affiliated groups in the city of Sirte, the serious humanitarian situation in the country and the need for the negotiations for the constitution of a national […]

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Press Releases

13 August 2015

Gentiloni expresses pain and dismay over the barbaric killing of the Croatian citizen, Tomislav Salopek

“I was dismayed to learn the painful news of the barbaric killing by Da’esh terrorists of the Croatian citizen, Tomislav Salopek, in Egypt. Our thoughts go out to his family at this dramatic time”. These were the words of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, on hearing the news. “This act, […]

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Press Releases

11 August 2015

Libya: GNC participation in meeting promoted by Leon is a step in the right direction, says Gentiloni

“The participation of representatives of the General National Congress (GNC) in the meeting in Geneva promoted by the UN Envoy for Libya, Bernardino Leon, is a step in the right direction. The political process can now proceed on the basis of the agreement reached in Morocco on 12 July”. This was the comment by the […]

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Interviews

9 August 2015

“People are engaging in demagoguery over the corpses in the sea but Italy is not driven by self-interest”, says Gentiloni (Repubblica)

“People peddling demagoguery against the migrants are not solving anything. And luckily most Italians aren’t being taken in by them. But I don’t want to get into political arguments”. On the day when the photos of the ‘dots in the sea’ are hitting the front pages of the international press after the umpteenth disaster in […]

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8 August 2015

Marcinelle: 8 August marks “National Day of Italian Labour Sacrifices in the World”

On 8 August we celebrate the “National Day of Italian Labour Sacrifices in the World”. This Day ensures that the tragedy of the 136 Italians who lost their lives in the Marcinelle mining disaster, and of all the Italian emigrants who have been victims of workplace accidents, leaves an indelible mark in our national memory. […]

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