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Press Releases
30 December 2014
Libya: Gentiloni, Italy endorses UN appeal

“Italy endorses the United Nations appeal to the various Libyan parties not to engage in new conflict”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni’s statement after a meeting with UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon and after today’s meeting at the Farnesina with Italian ambassador Giuseppe Buccino. “Repeated military ground and air […]

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Press Releases
29 December 2014
Fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry: Gentiloni speaks by phone with Venizelos

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni spoke by telephone with Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos regarding the fire on the Italian ferry, the Norman Atlantic, off the coast of Greece. Minister Gentiloni and his Greek opposite number reviewed the situation and continue to monitor developments, maintaining close contact […]

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Press Releases
25 December 2014
Somalia: terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Minister Gentiloni monitoring situation through Crisis Unit

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni has been closely monitoring the situation regarding a terrorist attack by the members of Al-Shabaab on the Mogadishu headquarters of the African Union in Somalia (Amisom). Through the ministry’s Crisis Unit , he has been able to verify that six Italian nationals, one of which an […]

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Press Releases
18 December 2014
Gentiloni: Soddisfazione per l’adozione della Risoluzione sulla moratoria della pena di morte all’Assemblea Generale dell’ONU

“Il risultato raggiunto oggi all’Assemblea Generale dell’ONU con l’adozione della quinta Risoluzione delle Nazioni Unite per una moratoria universale della pena di morte, corona l’impegno dell’Italia e dei partner internazionali”, ha dichiarato il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni. “Il numero di voti a favore della moratoria universale della pena di […]

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Press Releases
18 December 2014
Gentiloni hails adoption of resolution on death penalty moratorium by UN General Assembly

“The UN General Assembly’s adoption today of its fifth resolution on a universal moratorium on the death penalty rewards the efforts of both Italy and its international partners”, affirmed Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. “The number of votes in favour of the universal death penalty moratorium – 117 as compared with […]

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Press Releases
17 December 2014
Gentiloni receives phone call from Secretary of State Kerry

Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni this morning to update him on the intense diplomatic efforts he has been pursuing in the context of the Middle East peace process. Minister Gentiloni confirmed Italy’s full support for the ongoing American initiative and reiterated Italy’s stance in favour […]

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Press Releases
12 December 2014
Gentiloni meets Mexican Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade Kuribreña to discuss commercial cooperation, political dialogue and human rights

In the margins of the closing session of the Italy-Latin America Forum on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (PYMES), the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met the Mexican Foreign Minister, José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, at Villa Madama. The two foreign ministers reviewed the excellent relations between the two countries. Their discussion focused […]

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Press Releases
12 December 2014
Another major success for “System Italy” in the competitive market of the United Arab Emirates

“The award of the contract worth 1.7 billion euro by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operation (ADCO) to Italy’s MaireTecnimont is a significant achievement highlighting the excellence of the Italian oil and gas industry”, said the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. The contract concerns the 3rd development stage of […]

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12 December 2014
Italy-Latin America Forum – Internationalisation a winning card for business, says Gentiloni

“Internationalisation helps trigger a virtuous mechanism that increases firms’ capacity to diversify and determines the end uses to which production factors are put”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni during the closing session of the Italy-Latin America Forum on SMEs taking place in Rome. “Experience tells us that, conditions being equal, companies […]

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Press Releases
12 December 2014
Statement by Minister Gentiloni

“President Napolitano has referred in strong terms to the roots and political outlook of the European Union”. This was the comment by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni, at the end of the President of the Republic’s speech at the Italian-German High-Level Dialogue Forum. “It is with this vision that relations […]

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