The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has risen to 117,000, while the flow of arrivals continues, especially at Ceylanpinar, a Turkish town located on the other side of the border from Ras al Ayn. The new figure was provided by the Governor of Kilis Province, Suleyman Tapsis, to the Italian Special Envoy for the […]
Read moreItaly definitely rules out a military intervention in Syria, but the birth of a national coalition of the forces opposing Bashar al Assad is “an important turning point that can create the political conditions” for the end of the regime. The explanation was offered by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who has been closely following the […]
Read moreThe Syrian crisis was among the main topics of discussion between Minister Giulio Terzi and his Turkish colleague Ahmet Davutoglu at Villa Madama in Rome. The two ministers expressed their support for the new opposition alliance established at Doha. Terzi personally congratulated the president and vice president of the new alliance Moaz Al Khateeb and […]
Read more“Italy intends to increase its political and economic support to the forces opposing the Assad regime”, asserted Minister Giulio Terzi as he congratulated the new alliance’s president Moaz Al Khateeb and vice president Riad Seif, in Doha along with various other Syrian opposition groups. The aims of the agreement include no “dialogue or negotiation with […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Terzi met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with Deputy Minister for Border Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Zaw Win, in Rome to participate in the meeting of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board. Minister Terzi extended Italy’s solidarity with the Burmese people affected by […]
Read moreThis morning Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi contacted the head of the Syrian opposition coalition formed yesterday in Doha. The minister personally congratulated President of the new Alliance Moaz Al Khateeb and Vice President Riad Seif, who had played a decisive role in the strategy for unifying the Syrian opposition. Terzi extended both men […]
Read moreThe political/economic issues of the southern shores of the Mediterranean will be the main focus of Minister Giulio Terzi’s upcoming calendar. Italo-Turkish dialogue forum and bilateral meeting He will start on Monday 12 November with a dialogue forum and bilateral meeting in Rome with his Turkish colleague Ahmet Davutoglu. This two-fold appointment, spokesperson Giuseppe Manzo […]
Read moreIt was clear that the technocratic government had to put a technocrat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, i.e. someone from the world of diplomacy: an ambassador. And Premier Monti chose Giulio Terzi di Santagata, our diplomatic representative at the time in the most prestigious of all posts: Washington. A field promotion for Terzi, who […]
Read moreDear Editor, Obama’s winning of his second bid for the White House was an indisputable victory and the fruit of a concentrated effort to attract moderate voters and that broad segment known as Middle America. Even more than two candidates and two parties, the face-off here was between two contrasting visions of America, and voters […]
Read more“You are rendering an exceptional service to Lebanon, to Italy and to the cause of peace, and that makes me and all Italians very proud of you”, Minister Giulio Terzi wrote in a letter read today by Under-Secretary Staffan De Mistura to the Italian contingent of the UN UNIFIL force in southern Lebanon at the […]
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, while expressing the most heartfelt condolences to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain and to the families of the victims of the criminal explosions that took place on the 5th of November in Manama, strongly condemns any terroristic act and the use of violence, and appeals to […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi met today in Rome with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova, Iurie Leancă. The meeting took place in an atmosphere of great cordiality and offered an opportunity to review bilateral relations and examine lines for their future development. The […]
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