Politica Estera

Interviews

17 May 2014

Mogherini: «Ban Ki-moon la aiuterà. Pronto a compiere ogni passo per Meriam»

«Meriam è una mamma…Ecco, continuo a pensare a questo: Meriam è una mamma, come io sono una mamma. Continuo a pensare al piccolo che porta in grembo e all’ altro bambino che ora è in carcere con lei. Continuo a pensare a questa vicenda così atroce… A questa ragazza del Sudan così giovane, così coraggiosa, […]

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16 May 2014

Mogherini at the UN: discussion with Ban Ki-moon – Talk at “Council on Foreign Relations”

The campaign against the death penalty will be one of the priorities of the Italian Presidency of the European Union, which starts on 1 July 2014. The point was made by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, one of the USA’s most distinguished think tanks. The topic was […]

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15 May 2014

Syria: Mogherini supports referral to ICC – “Friends of Syria”: support for opposition, presidential elections “surreal”

Referral of Syria to the International Criminal Court, completion of the removal of Syrian chemical weapons, support for the moderate opposition and denunciation of the presidential elections planned for 3 June. These were the key points of the communiqué approved by the “Friends of Syria” ministerial meeting held in London on 15 May 2015 and […]

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Press Releases

15 May 2014

Ambassador Zannier re-appointed as OSCE Secretary General: Minister Mogherini welcomes decision

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Federica Mogherini, has welcomed the news that the Ministerial Council of the Vienna-based Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has re-appointed Ambassador Lamberto Zannier as Secretary General. The re-appointment justly recognises the work of the Italian diplomat who, to broad acclaim, has revitalised the role of […]

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14 May 2014

Mogherini in the USA – meeting with Kerry. Talk with Albright: more women in politics

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s first official visit to the United States continued with a meeting with the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, a discussion of the European elections and an interview on the Ukraine crisis on CNN International. Minister Mogherini also mentioned the White House’s keen interest in EXPO 2015 and a possible participation […]

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14 May 2014

Mogherini–Kerry meeting – First official mission to the USA for Minister Mogherini

The first official visit by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini to the United States opened with a wide-ranging discussion with the American Secretary of State John Kerry. Topics examined included the crisis in Ukraine (“we must support the national dialogue”); the stalemate in Syria; the two Italian marines detained in India; and the schoolgirls abducted in […]

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Press Releases

13 May 2014

Il SS Giro partecipa al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani: “Ecco come rilanciamo le relazioni con L’America Latina”

Il Sottosegretario Mario Giro partecipa a Washington al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani, per illustrare le direttrici dell’impegno italiano nelle regione .“Gli assi della nostra politica latino americana, sono quelli indicati dal Ministro Mogherini. Si basano su realismo, cooperazione, interdipendenza, responsabilizzazione di tutti gli attori e dialogo continentale con tutti, senza pregiudiziali” ha affermato […]

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Press Releases

13 May 2014

Il SS Giro partecipa al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani: “Ecco come rilanciamo le relazioni con L’America Latina”

Under-Secretary Mario Giro is attending the meeting of the Permanent Council of Organisation of American States in Washington to illustrate the direction taken by Italy in the region. “The lines followed by our Latin American policy are those proposed by Minister Mogherini. They are based on realism, cooperation, inter-dependence, the accountability of all actors and […]

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12 May 2014

Mogherini at EU Foreign Affairs Council – Ukraine: priority is to halt the violence. Support for OSCE roadmap

“Europe’s priority is to ensure that the violence on the ground is reined in and brought to an end”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini on her arrival in Brussels for the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council. She defined this goal as “the lodestar of our work today. We shall continue to […]

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9 May 2014

Impetus for new period in European politics, says Mogherini – Minister’s address in Florence on “The State of the Union”

In her address in Florence on “The State of the Union”, Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini called for a new period in European politics, not least through the forthcoming elections for the European Parliament. Italian Presidency: rapid transition in “government” of Europe The growth of populism is the natural outcome of 10 years of political choices […]

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8 May 2014

Mogherini at Italian-German Forum – Growth and jobs the priority for Italy’s EU Presidency

Employment, especially youth employment, and growth will be the strategic priority for Italy’s Presidency of the European Union, to signpost the direction to follow over the next 5 years. The point was reiterated by Minister Mogherini during her presentation at the second Italian-German Economic Forum in Rome on 8 May 2014. “We want the first […]

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8 May 2014

EU-Balkans: Mogherini in Thessaloniki – Italian Presidency will work for region’s European integration

“We are here in Thessaloniki with the Greek Presidency to say that the Italian Presidency will take up the baton and work to ensure that the Western Balkans can make rapid and concrete progress on the road to European integration. It is one of our precise interests for the stability, peace and economic development of […]

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