Ministri precedenti

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9 July 2013

Diplomacy for growth in Oman and Kuwait – Bonino mission: it’s up to Italian businesses to grasp new opportunities

Minister Bonino’s mission to Kuwait and Oman is a new, important diplomacy for growth initiative. Politics has paved the way for revitalised economic collaboration with two countries rich in energy resources and which wish to diversify their economies. The Minister’s message is that it is now up to Italian entrepreneurs to embark and build upon […]

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8 July 2013

Strengthen diplomacy for growth, says Bonino – In Kuwait and Oman, building trade relations and partnerships

This was the purpose behind Minister Emma Bonino’s mission to Kuwait and Oman, two strategic Gulf countries. Good news for Italy, after the minister’s meetings with the executives of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and its president Nizar Mohammad al-Asani, regarding the strong and “excellent” bilateral relations that everyone – politicians, oil men and managers […]

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8 July 2013

EGYPT: inclusive government now, says Bonino

The only way out for Egypt now “is an inclusive political process open to the concrete participation of all the political forces”, was Minister Emma Bonino’s statement as she met with Kuwaiti leaders on the first leg of her trip to the Gulf. On the eve of the European meeting in Vilnius where the Egyptian […]

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8 July 2013

ITALY-OMAN: Bonino, good to contribute to regional stability. Trade a “bridge to peace”

Italy appreciates the “position of the Omani leadership, which encourages pluralism and respect for diversity, promotes dialogue with neighbours and contributes to stability in one of the world’s most complex scenarios”, was the comment by Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino in Muscat Oman, on the second leg of a mission to the Gulf that […]

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5 July 2013

BONINO IN THE GULF – Minister’s visit to Kuwait and Oman

An important opportunity for deeper political dialogue and economic collaboration with Italy, as well as to give new impetus to a useful exchange of ideas on the Middle East and the Gulf, especially in light of the recent crisis in Egypt and the continuing tragedy of the Syrian conflict. This is the framework Minister for […]

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5 July 2013

Bonino for EAST: Europe needs a federal solution

“Europe: rediscovering federalist origins to avoid decline”, is the title of an article by Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino for the latest issue of the magazine “East-European Crossroads”, directed by Flavio Fusi. An article in which the minister analyses the limitations and virtues of a Europe that, 60 years on, “allows its inhabitants to […]

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5 July 2013

Bonino to big business: involve SMEs in foreign missions

Speaking in Rome at the conference “The new geography of Made in Italy, beyond luxury and beyond BIRCS”, Minister Emma Bonino launched an appeal to Italian big business to involve SMEs in their foreign missions. She urged them to collaborate with the foreign ministry even “when things are going well”, so as to “include” other […]

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5 July 2013

EGYPT: Italy fostering dialogue – ‘DATAGATE’: awaiting clarification, EU-US free-trade talks must go forward

Relations with Egypt and relations with the U.S. in matters of data management were the topics of a briefing by Minister Emma Bonino before the joint Parliamentary Constitutional Affairs, Foreign and Defence Commissions. Process of constitutional normalisation obligatory, respect for fundamental rights The minister explained that, in Egypt, a “significant” portion of the population considered […]

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4 July 2013

Datagate – Bonino briefs Parliament – Awaiting clarification, but EU-US talks must go forward

Italy awaits clarification on Datagate, since a relationship of trust between allies is at stake. At the same time, suspending free-trade negotiations set to being on Monday in Washington would run counter to our own interests, stated Minister Emma Bonino in a briefing on the government’s relations with the U.S. in matters of information management […]

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4 July 2013

Egypt: Bonino, Italy working to restore National dialogue

Italy is monitoring developments in Egypt with “heightened attention”, where “exceptional measures” have been introduced, and is working to facilitate “dialogue among all parties” so that those measures “last the shortest time possible”, Minister Emma Bonino stated during a briefing before the joint Parliamentary Constitutional Affairs, Foreign and Defence Commissions. Process of constitutional normalisation obligatory, […]

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4 July 2013

EGYPT: COMPLEX SITUATION THAT CALLS FOR PRUDENCE, SAYS BONINO

With regard to the situation in Egypt, Minister Emma Bonino, said it was “absolutely in flux”. Prudence, she added, is the best line to take, without falling into judgments or assessments of a situation that cannot be reduced to a tweet”.

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Press Releases

4 July 2013

Annual meeting in Rome with Ambassadors of UNESCAP

Minister Bonino participated in the 3rd annual meeting in Rome with the ambassadors of the Asian country members of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Members of the group include the Mission Heads of China, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic […]

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