Is it still possible to see Europe as a model of peace, stability and prosperity? And where will Europe be placed in an increasingly globalised world? Imagining the Europe of the future at a moment when the current economic and financial crisis is an overriding concern could be considered a way of ignoring the problems […]
Read moreJoint Communiqué by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the Minister for Trade of Sweden A strong Arms Trade Treaty for a safer world: let’s finish our work The world still needs an Arms Trade Treaty – one that has the strength and breadth to make a […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi met today in the margins of the UN General Assembly with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kenya Sam K. Ongeri. Their talks centred on regional themes, in particular the stabilisation of Somalia, whose transition phase is now complete thanks to the joint commitment of Italy and Kenya. Minister Terzi […]
Read moreNEW YORK – If you will allow me, Mr. Minister, the foreign ministry is Italy’s standard bearer around the world. How does it feel to have to bear the image of a nation once again, witness the case of Lazio, smeared with shame? «It is a wound, a gaping wound that we must now attempt […]
Read moreThe 67th UN General Assembly, which got under way on 18 September, launched into the central themes of debate with the participation of heads of state and government that began on 25 September. Italy is represented by Premier Mario Monti and Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi whose respective focus include: the Millennium Goals, climate change, food […]
Read more“This latest in a long series of killings has shaken all of us, and I most firmly condemn it”, was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s reaction to the news this morning of an attack on the Catholic Cathedral of St. John in northeast Nigeria that left many dead and wounded in its wake. Terzi […]
Read moreThe Italian Government has confirmed its commitment to “respond to the humanitarian emergency and foster a political solution to the Syrian crisis”. The point was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the close of a meeting at the Farnesina with the President of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Abdulbaset Sieda. Terzi added that the […]
Read moreForeign Minister Giulio Terzi met the President of the Regional Government of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, at the Farnesina today. The Kurdish leader is visiting Rome to attend an Alliance of Democrats meeting. The discussions highlighted Italy and Iraqi Kurdistan’s mutual intention to further develop their already close commercial relations. They also confirmed the Italian […]
Read moreThe western Balkans are a “region of vital importance for the EU and for Italy and we are making every effort to foster Montenegro’s European integration process”. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the close of a meeting at the Farnesina with his Montenegrin colleague Nebojsa Kaluderovic, who is making his […]
Read more“Italy considers the protection and promotion of the fundamental rights to be an essential part of its foreign policy […] because wholesale violations of human rights create instability and give rise to conflicts, and conflicts crush people’s dignity underfoot”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, presenting the Italian Human Rights Yearbook 2012 […]
Read more“One thousand Syrian refugees each day are now fleeing to Lebanon from the violence in their country. A constant flow that is expected to bring the total number of refugees to at least 120,000, with all the risks that this ‘most serious humanitarian emergency’ entails for Lebanon’s fragile domestic equilibria. The point was underscored by […]
Read moreFor 8 months, the Foreign Ministers of the founding countries of Europe, along with Spain, Portugal, Austria, Poland and Denmark, have been holding informal meetings that have thus far been covered by a veil of silence. Their aim: to hold free discussions, without negotiating constraints, on the Europe of the future. And then, the night […]
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