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12 June 2014

Minister Mogherini meets with foreign minister of the Republic of Finlandia Erkki Sakari Tuomioja

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini met in Rome today with her Finnish opposite number Erkki Sakari Tuomioja. First on the agenda was convergence and collaboration between Rome and Helsinki on the priorities of the Italian EU Council Presidency, from the Western Balkans to the Mediterranean, with particular regard for Libya and immigration. Other key […]

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Press Releases

12 June 2014

Iraq: Abduction of Turkish Consul in Mosul condemned

The Italian government firmly condemns yesterday’s abduction of Consul General Yilmaz Ozturk and otherstaff of the Turkish Consulate General in Mosul, Iraq. As a country that is both friend and ally to Turkey, the Italian government wishes to extend its solidarity to the Turkish authorities, with whom it assures its maximum willingness to collaborate. As […]

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Press Releases

12 June 2014

Iran: Mogherini meets with Russian and Iranian nuclear programme negotiators

Prospects for the Iranian nuclear talks were the focus of Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s meeting today with Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister and negotiator Sergey Ryabkov in the margins of the “Global Zero Conference on a Middle East WMD Free Zone” in Rome.Mogherini assured Ryabkov of the Italian government’s support for the P5+1 […]

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11 June 2014

Mogherini, support for Iraq against terrorist threat – Minister in Athens for EU-Arab League meeting

Italy spearheaded a declaration on Iraq at the EU-Arab League summit today in Athens, following the dramatic reports from Mosul. The Iraqi security situation was also the focus of a bilateral meeting the minister held in the summit margins with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. The international community, the EU and naturally also Italy, must […]

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Press Releases

10 June 2014

Chiarimenti su notizie diffuse da diversi mezzi di informazione su Paolo Dall’Oglio

Alla Farnesina non risulta che vi siano stati contatti tra una delegazione italiana e padre Paolo Dall’Oglio, come diffuso da diversi mezzi di informazione.

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Press Releases

10 June 2014

Mogherini cites need for collaboration among countries fighting transnational crime and human trafficking

In a message to Maria Falcone for the workshop “The Palermo Convention and the fight against organised crime on the current international scenario. Italy’s role: reflections and expectations, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini expressed the hope that collaboration among countries fighting transnational organised crime would to also impact on migration flows. The workshop was […]

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9 June 2014

Bilateral meetings with Abbas and Peres – Peace in is everyone’s interests, says Mogherini

Just back from a visit to Lebanon and Jordan, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini met today with Mahmoud Abbas and Shimon Peres. “There is the awareness, among both Palestinians and Israelis, that peace is in everyone’s interests” and “the international community has the duty to support” that path, said Minister Mogherini. Italy prepared to […]

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Interviews

7 June 2014

Mogherini: “Our pledge to the Afghans stands” (Il Manifesto)

The year 2014 is going to be a crucial one for the transition in Afghanistan, both from the political point of view as well as that of security management. Instead we risk making the mistake of thinking that with the end of ISAF we will not longer need to concern ourselves with that country, with […]

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Press Releases

6 June 2014

Egitto: Mogherini, auguri al nuovo Presidente della Repubblica Araba d’Egitto, Abdel Fattah El Sisi

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has sent her best wishes to the new President of the Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El Sisi, for the task that awaits him. “I hope that the conclusion of the electoral process will mark the ending of the long and delicate transition and the opening of a new period of […]

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Press Releases

6 June 2014

Middle East: Mogherini in Lebanon and Jordan. Visit to UNIFIL and to refugee camps

Help for the Palestinian and Syrian refugees and Italy’s contribution to the stability and security of the region. This is the focus of Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s visit, starting today Friday 6 June and continuing until Sunday 8th, to Lebanon and Jordan. In Lebanon, Minister Mogherini will meet her opposite number, Gebran Bassil, the speaker of the […]

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6 June 2014

Mogherini with Syrian refugees, stopping the war a duty

“It’s one thing to talk about war, another to see it reflected in the eyes of children. We have to find a way to stop the war in Syria”. Minister Federica Mogherini was visibly moved as she left the Syrian refugee camp of Terbol in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valey, where her Middle East mission began today, […]

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3 June 2014

Balkans: Mogherini in Vienna – Central European Initiative (CEI) foreign ministers’ meeting

The conference on the Western Balkans is now under way in Vienna, as part of the annual meeting of Central European Initiative (CEI) foreign ministers. Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini is attending the meeting along with representatives of the CEI’s 18 member countries, the European Union’s Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Stefan Fule, and the […]

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