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2 March 2016

Iraq: Authorities sign contract with Trevi to consolidate the Mosul dam

The Iraqi authorities have signed a contract with Italy’s Trevi construction company to consolidate the Mosul dam, reported the Italian Foreign Ministry. The contract was signed following intense negotiations between the company and the Iraqi authorities in Baghdad. Under the contract, the Trevi Group will carry out consolidation work on the dam, as agreed during […]

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1 March 2016

Foreign Minister Gentiloni in New York

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has a busy agenda for his two-day visit to New York. Regional crises, combating violent extremism, economic development with a special focus on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and Italy’s high-profile role vis-à-vis migration and the situation in Libya will be the key topics to be addressed in his meetings with […]

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25 February 2016

Gentiloni holds telephone conversation with the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni held a telephone conversation with the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias.   “Italy,” Minister Gentiloni said, “believes unilateral initiatives on immigration to be dangerous and does not share any position aimed at having one single Country, such as Greece, bear the responsibility of facing […]

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24 February 2016

Gentiloni: meeting with Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received the Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister, Fatmir Besimi, at the Farnesina today. The talks focused on the migration emergency. “Italy appreciates and supports Skopje’s efforts to manage the migration flows,” said Minister Gentiloni while reiterating the need for a broadly shared solidarity-based European commitment “also […]

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22 February 2016

Foreign Minister Gentiloni in Turkey

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Turkey from February 21 to 23 to attend a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavuşoğlu and the third meeting of the High Level Partnership Forum on Somalia. Only a few months after the talks in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting of […]

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22 February 2016

الوزير “دجينتيلوني” في تركيا

يقوم وزير الشؤون الخارجية “باولو دجينتيلوني” بزيارة إلى تركيا من 21 إلى 23 فبراير/شباط الحالي في مهمة سيشارك خلالها بلقاء ثنائي مع نظيره التركي “مفلوت شافوسوغلو” وفي منتدى “شراكة المستوى الأعلى” الثالث حول الصومال. بعد مرور أشهر قليلة على محادثات “بروكسيل” في الثاني من ديسمبر/كانون الأول على هامش لقاء حلف شمال الأطلسي الوزاري، سيُقابل وزير […]

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18 February 2016

Italy allocates 3.5 million euros in humanitarian aid to UNHCR to tackle current emergencies in Yemen, the Central African Republic and Cameroon

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has approved the allocation of 3.5 million euros to support UNHCR’s emergency interventions in Yemen, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. The three interventions are being shared with the newly-established Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. Thanks to the contribution of 1.5 million euros for Yemen, UNHCR will […]

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17 February 2016

General Secretary Valensise in Vienna – Cooperation with International Organisations and dialogue with Austria

Italy’s cooperation with the United Nations agencies headquartered in Vienna and the OECD, as well as the dialogue with Austria, were central to the meetings held in the Austrian capital by the General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise. Meeting the directors of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), […]

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16 February 2016

Gentiloni meets Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Congo, Jean-Claude Gakosso, today at Farnesina. The focus of the talks was the countries’ bilateral relations. Italy is a historical partner of Congo Brazzaville. Following an entrepreneurial  mission  led by Prime Minister Renzi in July 2014, […]

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11 February 2016

Focus on global security and fighting terrorism in Munich

Terrorism, the refugee emergency, the future of Nato and the main regional crises are just some of the main issues to be tackled by the Security Conference opening in Munich tomorrow.The agenda for the two-day conference, which will be attended for Italy by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Defence […]

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9 February 2016

E.U. Founding Countries meet in Rome

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the six E.U. Founding Countries discuss migration challenges and integration at Villa Madama The Foreign Ministers of the six Founding Countries of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) are meeting today at Villa Madama in Rome to  discuss the future of the European Union and […]

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8 February 2016

Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Founding Countries of the European Union

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will host a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the six founders of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) tomorrow at Villa Madama in Rome,  in anticipation of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome signed on 25 March, […]

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