Politica Estera

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7 November 2012

Lebanon: Terzi to Italian troops, exceptional service for peace

“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 […]

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Press Releases

7 November 2012

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Minister 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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6 November 2012

Italy-Libya: Terzi in Tripoli – Solid friendship, stability and security common priorities

Minister Giulio Terzi, the first foreign minister since the formation of the new Libyan government, flew to Tripoli to “confirm the solid friendship between Italy and Libya and the partnership between the Italian government and the newly installed Libyan government”. “It is a great honour for me”, Terzi underscored, “as well as a very attractive […]

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6 November 2012

Italy-Libya: Terzi in Tripoli – Support for strengthening of Libyan institutions and society

Minister Giulio Terzi is in Tripoli to confirm the Italian government’s support for the strengthening of Libyan institutions and society within the framework of intense bilateral relations developed in compliance with the Tripoli Declaration signed on 21 January of this year during a visit by Prime Minister Mario Monti, who conveyed his congratulations for the […]

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5 November 2012

Italy-Serbia: Terzi-Dacic meeting – “Major opportunities for our firms in Belgrade”

Italy is reaping the benefits of the “increased wealth” being created by its firms in Serbia, which is “particularly appropriate and receptive”, Minister Giulio Terzi underscored at the conclusion of a meeting at the foreign ministry with Serbian Premier Ivica Dacic, recalling the strategic partnership underwritten in 2009. 500 firms, 20,000 workers The numbers speak […]

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Press Releases

31 October 2012

Libya: Terzi meets Ban Ki Moon’s Special Representative. Enhanced Italy-UN cooperation to support Libyan stabilisation

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received Tarek Mitri, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), in Rome today. The Special Representative is in the capital to take part in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mediterranean Conference, being held at the Farnesina. Minister […]

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31 October 2012

Italy-Iraq – Italian diplomacy supports economy and growth, says Terzi

“We are working to ensure that Italian diplomacy focuses increasingly on economic issues, growth and, it follows, energy. This is a mission I believe to be of fundamental importance for diplomats worldwide and for those working in the producer countries”. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, speaking at the presentation of the […]

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31 October 2012

World Economic Forum – Villa Madama – Reviving the EU project; budget should look to growth, says Terzi

The European Union’s budget for 2014-20 should be focused on growth and include a strong stimulus for employment. This was Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment as he closed the World Economic Forum workshop held in Rome on 30 October 2012. In Terzi’s opinion, the time has come to “promote a strong revival of the entire […]

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Speeches

30 October 2012

Closing address at the World Economic Forum meeting on “Rebuilding Europe’s competitiveness” (Rome, Villa Madama, 30 October 2012)

(check against delivery) Mr Børge Brende, Mrs Irene Khan, Minister Moavero, Mr Giuseppe Recchi, Mr Mauro Moretti, Mr Paul Adamson, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to thank the World Economic Forum, and especially Prof. Klaus Schwab, for organising this meeting. I am delighted that Rome and Villa Madama have been chosen to host such an […]

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Press Releases

30 October 2012

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Thanks to Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s impetus, Italy is in the forefront in promoting relations between the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the six Mediterranean nations – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Israel – that have been its partners since 1996. It is Italy’s firm conviction, in the […]

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29 October 2012

Italy-Spain – 13th intergovernmental summit – perfectly in sync on Europe’s future, euro irreversible

Italy and Spain are in perfect sync on the future of the European Union and the irreversibility of the euro, in the knowledge that their national interests coincide with those of Europe. The 13th intergovernmental summit in Madrid, chaired by Premiers Mario Monti and Mariano Rajoy, sought to strengthen the foundations of the European construction […]

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29 October 2012

Minister Giulio Terzi reminds his new Indian colleague Salman Khurshid of urgency to resolve case of Italian Navy sharpshooters Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi made immediate contact with new Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid to underscore the urgency of finding a positive solution and of no longer postponing the case of Italian Navy sharpshooters Marina Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone to whom, Terzi stressed, the Italian government assigns top priority within the framework […]

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