NATO

Interviews

7 August 2014

Mogherini: ‘It is with sanctions that pressure is brought to bear on Putin’ (La Stampa)

During the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs’ official visit to Chile and Colombia, the news was released that Vanessa Marzullo and Greta Ramelli, volunteer workers and founders of an Italian NGO, were abducted in late July is the area of Aleppo in Syria. “We immediately activated all channels and have been in contact with the […]

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25 June 2014

Mogherini at NATO ministers meeting – Ukraine and Iraq dominate talks

The situation in Iraq is a threat to the security and stability not only of that country but of the entire Middle East and Euro-Atlantic region. Consequently, the foreign ministers of NATO meeting in Brussels agreed on the need to concentrate on a political approach, as Minister Federica Mogherini asserted during a pause in the […]

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24 June 2014

Mogherini at NATO ministerial – Ukraine and Iraq on the agenda

Minister Federica Mogherini is participating in the NATO ministerial meeting that concludes on Wednesday 25 June in Brussels. Agenda items include the situation in Ukraine, particularly President Petro Poroshenko’s proposed peace plan, and Iraq, where US Secretary of State John Kerry, who will also participate in the ministerial meeting, has just completed a mission.

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Press Releases

31 May 2014

Italian National Day, 2 June: Secretary of State John Kerry sends message of congratulations

On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I send warmest wishes to the people of Italy as you celebrate Republic Day on June 2. I have always felt a very special, personal connection to Italy and its people, dating back to my travels in Italy as a young college student. That bond has […]

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2 April 2014

Ukraine, Mogherini at NATO Ministerial -Kiev must not be faced with East-West choice. Marines, Syrian crisis

NATO realises that support from the international community is needed to ensure that Ukraine is not faced with a choice between East and West, between its relationship with the EU and that with Russia. This was Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s comment at the close of the NATO Ministerial, at which Ukraine was a key issue […]

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1 April 2014

Ukraine: NATO calls for more cooperation with Kiev – Moscow urged to adopt immediate measures to respect international law

NATO foreign ministers have decided to intensify cooperation with Ukraine and have agreed on “concrete measures to enhance Ukraine’s ability to provide for its own security”. These were two of the points set out in the conclusions of today’s meeting, where the foreign ministers also met their Ukrainian counterpart. The NATO and Ukrainian ministers agreed, […]

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Press Releases

21 March 2014

NATO: Mogherini- Rasmussen meeting

In a meeting today in Brussels, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed management of the Ukraine crisis, the end of the ISAF mission and support for the transitions in Afghanistan and Libya. They also spoke of preparations for the next NATO ministerial conference on the 1st and […]

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Press Releases

2 March 2014

Minister Mogherini to chair technical meeting at Farnesina on situation in Ukraine

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini will chair a technical meeting this morning at the Farnesina to review the situation in Ukraine. The meeting will also discuss her telephone contact today with German Foreign Minister Steinmeier and her conference call with the American Secretary of State, Kerry, the High Representative for European Foreign Policy, Ashton, and a […]

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Press Releases

1 March 2014

Ucraina: Mogherini condanna escalation. “Garantire unità, inclusività e integrità territoriale”

Il Ministro degli Esteri Mogherini ha partecipato in serata ad una “conference call” con l’Alto Rappresentante per la politica estera dell’Unione Europea Ashton e con alcuni omologhi, tra cui Kerry, Hague, Fabius e Sikorski, dalla quale è emersa l’unanime forte preoccupazione e condanna per la pericolosa escalation della situazione in Crimea. Il Ministro Mogherini ha […]

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Press Releases

1 March 2014

Ucraina: Mogherini condanna escalation. “Garantire unità, inclusività e integrità territoriale”

Il Ministro degli Esteri Mogherini ha partecipato in serata ad una “conference call” con l’Alto Rappresentante per la politica estera dell’Unione Europea Ashton e con alcuni omologhi, tra cui Kerry, Hague, Fabius e Sikorski, dalla quale è emersa l’unanime forte preoccupazione e condanna per la pericolosa escalation della situazione in Crimea. Il Ministro Mogherini ha […]

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13 February 2014

Marines: Bonino in Parliament – “It’s not a bilateral question. NATO and EU at our side”

The question of the two Italian marines is not a bilateral issue between Italy and India. It involves the European Union and NATO (which have lined up on Italy’s side) and concerns compliance with anti-terrorism agreements and UN decisions on anti-piracy missions. That was the central concept in Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s address to the […]

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Press Releases

12 February 2014

Maro’: Ban Ki Moon riceve Rappresentante italiano presso ONU

Il Segretario Generale dell’ ONU, Ban Ki Moon, ha ricevuto oggi il Rappresentante italiano presso le Nazioni Unite, Amb. Cardi, che aveva richiesto urgentemente un colloquio su istruzione della Ministro Bonino. Il nostro Ambasciatore ha espresso la preoccupazione del Governo italiano – condivisa pubblicamente dall’A.R. dell’Unione Europea, Ashton e dal Segretario Generale della NATO, Rasmussen […]

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