Ministri precedenti

Interviews

21 April 2015

“The people smugglers are financing Islamic terrorism”, says Gentiloni (Il Messaggero)

A sense of urgency. “We can’t wait. We need an emergency intervention, an immediate response. Otherwise, it’ll end up that Italy is no longer able to identify the migrants”. This was Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment in a break during the meeting of EU heads of diplomacy in Luxembourg. The Minister continued: “The people smugglers […]

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20 April 2015

EU Foreign Affairs Council – Immigration: “It’s a European emergency”, says Gentiloni

This is a European emergency and until now the response, the commitments and the rescue operations have been Italian. But a situation where a European emergency is addressed solely with Italian resources and commitments is no longer sustainable”. Speaking was Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who was in Luxembourg in the run-up to the meeting of European […]

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Press Releases

17 April 2015

Expo: Gentiloni visits Milan

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, visited the Expo site in Milan today, 17 April 2015. With the Italian Government Commissioner, Giuseppe Sala, Gentiloni met workers and visited a number of pavilions, including Palazzo Italia and Piazza Italia. “The Farnesina and its diplomatic and consular network, with their far-reaching work, have […]

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Interviews

16 April 2015

Gentiloni: «Italian Cooperation, a development challenge» (La Stampa – Inserto)

It is not easy, given today’s geopolitical context and the various international crises under way, to outline confident objectives for Italian foreign policy. Instability on multiple regional fronts, humanitarian crises such as Syria and the Ebola epidemic and the deepening difficulties associated with global development (climate change, increased inequality, vulnerability to economic crunch, etc.) are […]

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Interviews

16 April 2015

Gentiloni: «Yes to counter-terrorism actions in Libya. EU must not close its doors to Turkey» (Corriere della Sera)

We are in “a race against time” in Libya, but if we are not able to stablise the country counter-terrorism operations going to be necessary to contain ISIS and to stem the tide of migrants. Turkey’s reaction to the Pope’s words on the Armenian genocide is “disproportionate”, but Ankara must remain on its path toward […]

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Interviews

15 April 2015

Gentiloni: «Confront the emergency by stabilising Libya» (Il Sole 24Ore)

Minister Gentiloni, in the beginning you were in favour of military intervention in Libya. Are you still of the same mind? «Yes, we are working on trying to construct that framework of international legitimacy with the UN that would allow for intervention».   The military option? «It’s not as if you can intervene just like […]

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Interviews

15 April 2015

Gentiloni: «Confront the emergency by stabilising Libya» (Il Sole 24Ore)

Minister Gentiloni, in the beginning you were in favour of military intervention in Libya. Are you still of the same mind? «Yes, we are working on trying to construct that framework of international legitimacy with the UN that would allow for intervention».   The military option? «It’s not as if you can intervene just like […]

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Press Releases

13 April 2015

Dichiarazione congiunta sulla Libia dei Ministri degli Esteri Fabius, Steinmeier, Gentiloni, García-Margallo, del Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Esteri ed il Commonwealth Hammond, e del Segretario di Stato Kerry

Joint Statement on Libya by Foreign Ministers Fabius, Steinmeier, Gentiloni, García-Margallo, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Hammond, and Secretary of State Kerry Foreign Ministers Fabius, Steinmeier, Gentiloni, García-Margallo, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Hammond, and Secretary of State Kerry welcome the resumption of the Libyan political dialogue under the […]

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Interviews

12 April 2015

Gentiloni: «EU must end egotistical silence over persecuted Christians» (Avvenire)

“Italy is committed in Europe to keeping the attention on the persecution of Christians and offering solidarity through specific projects. Otherwise we would be the passive accomplices of that silence denounced by Pope Frances”. Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks upon his return from a visit to Kenya after the tragic events at the University of Garissa. […]

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Press Releases

10 April 2015

Gentiloni: Meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni met today with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Eduard Nalbadyan. The meeting offered an opportunity to exchange views on principal international concerns, particularly the tensions in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, recent developments in the Iranian nuclear negotiations and the […]

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10 April 2015

Gentiloni in Nairobi, alarm for the world’s Christians

One week on from the massacre at the University of Garissa, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni flew to Kenya because in the face of the cruel murder of 148 persons, for the most part Christian students, “it is, first of all, important to be thre and bear witness to Italy’s solidarity”. […]

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9 April 2015

Gentiloni in Barcelona for Italian-Spanish Dialogue Forum

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in Barcelona to take part in the 14th Italian-Spanish Dialogue Forum. The issue of combating terrorism, while also protecting religious minorities, was the focus of his discussion with his Spanish colleague, Jose’ Garcia Margallo. “Total alarm for religious minorities” There is a state of “total alarm” over what is happening […]

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