Politica Estera

Press Releases

6 August 2012

Minister Terzi firmly condemns suicide bombing in Yemen

“We firmly condemn this act of violence, which stirs resentment and horror and our deep condolences for the victims”. With these words Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi commented on the news of a suicide bombing in Yemen that resulted in dozens of casualties. “Italy stands strongly behind the political and institutional transition taking place […]

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Press Releases

3 August 2012

Alessandro Spadotto, the carabiniere officer kidnapped in Yemen on Sunday, has been released

The Foreign Ministry can confirm that Alessandro Spadotto, the carabinieri officer serving at the Italian Embassy in Yemen and kidnapped on Sunday 30 July, has been released. He is now on his way back to the capital, Sana’a. Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has been following the case from the earliest stages of the kidnapping and […]

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Press Releases

2 August 2012

Minister Terzi’s comment on the resignation of the UN and Arab League Envoy for the Syrian crisis, Kofi Annan

“This is a negative signal. It confirms the urgent need for all sides to increase the pressure on Assad to provide space for a Syrian-led political transition that is both inevitable and urgent. A transition that makes it possible to bring to an end a tragedy that is affecting the civilian population, and its weakest […]

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1 August 2012

Syria: the humanitarian situation is dramatic, says Terzi – Obama-Monti: Collaboration to keep up the pressure on Assad

 “A dramatic humanitarian situation”. That is how Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi defined the exodus of hundreds of thousands of people from the Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been under fire from the Syrian army for days now. Terzi pointed out Italy’s commitment to helping the refugees taken in by Jordan by, inter alia, sending […]

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30 July 2012

Terzi in Belgrade: Europe and bilateral relations – Italy fully supports Serbia’s closer EU integration

Italy’s support for Serbia’s closer European integration, and bilateral relations, were the key issues in Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s talks with the Serbian leadership in Belgrade. Minister Terzi had taken a scheduled flight to the Serbian capital for the talks, in the run-up to the installation of the new government there. Terzi is the first […]

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30 July 2012

Italy-Serbia: Terzi on a visit to Belgrade – Italian support in the EU

Minister Giulio Terzi is in Belgrade today as the first member of an EU government to meet with the newly elected Serbian leaders. In a message following the inauguration of the new Serbian government, Terzi sent his own personal and the Italian government’s best wishes to Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic, expressing his certainty […]

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27 July 2012

Syria: Prevent a massacre at Aleppo, urges Terzi – Italy active with humanitarian aid

“Everyone must contribute to putting the maximum pressure on Assad in order to avoid another massacre”, commented Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, expressing his deep concern over the “disturbing” news of the government forces’ siege of the city Syrian of Aleppo. The Italian Cooperation has already launched emergency interventions on the ground on behalf […]

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26 July 2012

Italia-Egitto: Terzi al Cairo – Sostegno transizione democratica. Da Morsi garanzie su investimenti (in translation)

L’Italia sostiene la transizione democratica egiziana e auspica che l’Egitto conservi il suo ruolo di punto di riferimento, attivo ed equilibrato, della regione, su cui pesa la crisi siriana. Questo messaggio è stato portato dal Ministro Giulio Terzi, al Cairo, al nuovo Presidente egiziano Mohamed Morsi. Centrale per l’Italia – ha sottolineato Terzi – è […]

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26 July 2012

Italy – Egypt: Terzi in Cairo – First official meeting with President Morsi

With the intention of further strengthening Italy’s already intense relations with Egypt, Minister Giulio Terzi is to meet in Cairo, for the first time officially, with President Mohammed Morsi, the first civilian head of state to be elected after a long electoral campaign, one of the most delicate moments of a transition process that is […]

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Interviews

25 July 2012

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Even as the spread emergency bites into the flesh of Italian economy like an insatiable monster, from his privileged observatory in the foreign ministry in Rome, Giulio Terzi sees an Italy with a much stronger voice in Europe and well-equipped to weather the financial crisis – on one condition: that the reforms the government has […]

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24 July 2012

Religious Freedom – Terzi meets with NGOs: education against discrimination and violence

The protection of religious freedom and minorities around the world is “Italy’s absolute priority in its international actions”, Minister Giulio Terzi underscored in a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with representatives of over 30 Italian NGOs to discuss a workshop that the ministry is organizing at the UN. “Education is key to the […]

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Press Releases

24 July 2012

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Defending religious freedoms around the world, and uniting in a commitment to prevent and combat the current wave of violence and intollerance against religious minorities, are the central focus of Minister Giulio Terzi’s work meeting today at the foreign ministry in Rome with representatives of over 30 Italian NGOs. “This is Italy’s absolute priority in […]

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