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6 June 2012
Friends of Syria meeting: diplomatic summit in Istanbul

A diplomatic summit in Istanbul, bringing together the main members of the Friends of Syria group, the U.S., Italy, France, UK and Germany, was called by the Turkish government. Italy is to be represented by Minister Giulio Terzi. A meeting of the principal partners in the Friends of Syria will be held on Wednesday in […]

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5 June 2012
Terzi and Fabius meet in Rome: “Urgent and concerted” EU growth effort

“We consider critical Europe’s urgent, incisive and concerted effort to generate growth”, and are in full harmony with Paris on the matter. This was Minister Terzi’s comment during a joint press conference with his French colleague Laurent Fabius. “Recovery must go hand-in-hand with growth”, the minister underscored, stressing that “negotiations are under way at this […]

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4 June 2012
Syria: Van Rompuy, EU and Russia back Annan plan

The Syrian crisis was among the topics of the 29th EU-Russia summit held in Strelna on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, with Russian President Putin, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, and both foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Catherine Ashton. Annan plan has the best […]

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1 June 2012
Syria: compact action is needed, but the conditions are not ripe for military action

The international community must take “compact” action in Syria to tackle a humanitarian crisis that is “deeply worrying”, but the conditions are not ripe for military action. The statement was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi from Istanbul, where he discussed the Syrian dossier with Italy’s international partners in the margins of the Conference on […]

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Press Releases
29 May 2012
Italiani all’Estero. Impegno della Farnesina per Comites e CGIE

Su impulso del Ministro degli Affari Esteri Giulio Terzi, la Farnesina, anche attraverso l’intera rete diplomatico-consolare all’estero, è impegnata a sostenere e valorizzare il ruolo ed il contributo fornito dagli organismi rappresentativi delle collettivita’ italiane all’estero, Comitati degli Italiani all’Estero (Comites) e Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero (CGIE), in tutti gli ambiti di attività della […]

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Press Releases
28 May 2012
Missione a Nairobi, Juba e Khartoum dell’On. Margherita Boniver, Inviato Speciale del Ministro Terzi per le emergenze umanitarie nel Sahel e nel Corno d’Africa

L’Onorevole Margherita Boniver, Inviato Speciale del Ministro Terzi per le emergenze umanitarie nel Sahel e nel Corno d’ Africa, è partita oggi per una missione che la porterà a Nairobi, Juba e Khartoum. In Kenya l’On. Boniver illustrerà agli esponenti del Governo locale le iniziative che la Cooperazione italiana conduce in collaborazione con la Croce […]

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Press Releases
28 May 2012
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In the wake of the horrifying massacre of unarmed civilians in the Syrian city of Houla, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi has been in contact with European and regional partners most closely concerned with the Syrian crisis, with which he will be discussing the latest dramatic developments in the margins of the International conference […]

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25 May 2012
Italy-Brazil: complementary economies, says Dassù

Italy and Brazil can rely on complementary economies and common historic-cultural roots, Under-Secretary Marta Dassù underscored during the Italo-Brazilian economic forum in Sao Paolo at the start of System Italy’s government-region-parliamentary mission, in which more than 600 commercial and institutional representatives from both Italy and Brazil participated.

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Interviews
24 May 2012
Why Libya Matters (Foreign Policy) Versione originale

One year ago, a large international NATO-led coalition was critical in helping Libyans free themselves and their country from Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi’s three-decade-long bloody dictatorship. But that victory is not yet secure. Today, international engagement is even more necessary to win sustainable stability in post-conflict Libya. The success of a peaceful, democratic transition in Libya […]

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23 May 2012
Italy-Iraq: De Mistura, creating business joint ventures

Presenting investment opportunities in Iraq to Italian businesses is the goal of the “Iraq Trade and Investment Forum” organized by UNIDO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for 23 May at the foreign ministry in Rome, whose participants include institutional and business representatives from both countries, and during which 400 business meetings are […]

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21 May 2012
MARINES: Indian Ambassador summoned to the foreign ministry

“Unacceptable” is the Italian government’s term for the main charge of manslaughter lodged against the two Italian servicemen, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, still being detained in a Trivandrum prison. The foreign ministry summoned its Ambassador in New Delhi Giacomo Sanfelice to Rome, and later the Indian Ambassador in Rome Debabrata Saha, for consultations. Under-Secretary […]

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