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24 July 2014

Libano: Mogherini, grazie a Serra e buon lavoro a Portolano. Orgogliosi di Unifil

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini sent her best wishes for the task ahead to General Luciano Portolano, who today takes over the command of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. “We are proud to be leading, for the third time, a mission that has made and continues to make an incisive contribution to the stabilisation of […]

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24 July 2014

Mogherini on Balkans mission – first stop Sarajevo, then Pristina, Skopje and Tirana

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini stopped in Sarajevo on the first leg of a mission to the Balkans that will later take her to Pristina, Skopje and Tirana. The minister met in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina with the three-member Presidency and her counterpart Zlatko Lagumdzija, and attended a conference promoted by the European Union […]

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24 July 2014

Meriam freed arrives in Rome – The Italian government’s commitment to the young Sudanese

The young Christian woman detained in Khartoum after being condemned to death for apostasy, is now free and has arrived with her two children in Rome on a flight provided by the Prime Minister’s Office, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, who has been following the Sudanese woman’s case at length. She was received […]

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24 July 2014

IUnder-Secretary Della Vedova chairs 11th EU – FYROM Association Council

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova chaired the 11th European Union-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Association Council in the place of High Representative Catherine Ashton. The plenary session, attended also by the representatives of several Member States, was followed by a closed session with Commissioner Fuele, the Council Secretariat and FYROM Foreign Minister […]

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22 July 2014

Ukraine: Mogherini calls for “strong and unified EU response” – and “new and positive” moves by Moscow

The downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane “changes the picture of the Ukrainian crisis”, which is not longer only Ukrainian and European, but “has become global, and new and positive moves by Moscow are necessary”, according to Minister Federica Mogherini’s summary of the common reflection by the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. The head […]

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22 July 2014

Declaration issued from Brussels by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Italy

The Foreign Ministers of France, Laurent Fabius, Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Italy, Federica Mogherini, declared today in Bruxelles: “Anti-Semitic agitation, hate speech against Jews, attacks against people of Jewish belief and against synagogues cannot be tolerated in our societies in Europe. We strongly condemn the outrageous anti-Semitic statements, demonstrations and attacks in our countries in […]

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22 July 2014

EU: Mogherini at Foreign Affairs Council – Middle East and Ukraine focus

The crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, following the attack on Gaza and the downing of the Malaysian airplane, will occupy the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today, the first of the Italian duty EU presidency and in which Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Moghernin will participate. The EU-Eastern Partnership […]

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21 July 2014

Middle East: Mogherini meets Cavusoğlu, urges Ankara to use influence for a ceasefire

Turkey’s European integration and the Italian EU duty presidency’s priorities were the focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s meeting today in Rome with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Mevlüt Cavusoğlu. They also exchanged detailed information regarding a series of Middle East dossiers and, at bilateral level, in reference to EXPO Milano 2015 and […]

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21 July 2014

Middle East – Mogherini says humanitarian truce urgent in coming hours

“We insist at least on a humanitarian ceasefire in the coming hours”, said Minister Federica Mogherini during a press conference at the foreign ministry that followed a meeting with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. “There is a proposal on the table that calls for an immediate ceasefire and the launch of negotiations, with elements […]

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20 July 2014

Ukraine: Mogherini speaks with Klimkin. Italy offers to send expert to assist investigation

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini spoke by telephone today with her Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin, who updated her on efforts to access the area in which the Malaysian Airlines jet was shot down in Thursday and where an operation is under way to recover the bodies of the victims. Mogherini said Italy was willing […]

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20 July 2014

Middle East: Mogherini cites intollerable casualty toll, urges stop to shelling

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini urged the parties to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to halt the shelling. “With each passing hour the number of dead and wounded rises as the shelling destroys homes and public buildings. We have also learned that the Um el Nasser Child Center, which the Italian Cooperation contributed to opening, has […]

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20 July 2014

Mogherini and Elaraby discuss Gaza and Libya

The Middle East crisis and the situation in Libya were the main topics of discussion in Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s telephone meeting today with Arab League secretary Nabil Elaraby. Mogherini assured Italy’s support for the plan drafted by Egypt and the Arab League for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel, and she and […]

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