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Press Releases
10 September 2013
Meeting between Minister Bonino and the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Suma Chakrabarti

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino met Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), at the Farnesina today, 9 September 2013. Their discussion focused on EBRD investment in the countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean: Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. The Minister and the EBRD President agreed on the need […]

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Press Releases
9 September 2013
Meeting between Minister Bonino and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Upper House, Mikhail Margelov

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino met Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Upper House and President Putin’s Special Envoy for Africa, at the Farnesina today, 9 September 2013. The talks were an opportunity to exchange views on issues concerning southern Sahel and the terrorist threat menacing countries like Mali, Libya and […]

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9 September 2013
Syria: Quirico released – a cause for rejoicing, says Bonino

“The news that Domenico Quirico has been freed fills me with great joy and satisfaction. My thoughts go out first of all to his family, who at last can embrace Domenico after all these months, days and moments of anxiety”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino on hearing the good news of […]

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Interviews
9 September 2013
Bonino: «È stato fondamentale tenere un basso profilo» (La Stampa)

“There are situations and ‘theatres’, like the theatre of war, where it’s vital to maintain our reserve and keep our emotions in check. I’d like to thank the people who showed resilience, patience and faith: Domenico Quirico’s family and you from “La Stampa”, who were quintessentially ‘Piedmontese’ in your reserve. And my thanks also to […]

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In detail
4 September 2013
Syria: humanitarian emergency, help from Italy

The number of Syrian refugees is now more than 2 million. In one year, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), their numbers in neighbouring countries have increased by 1.8 million. Countries to which, on average, nearly 5,000 Syrians continue to flee each day, and which to date have taken in over 97% of […]

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Press Releases
4 September 2013
Deputy Minister Marta Dassù visiting Washington D.C. (4-6 September 2013)

Deputy Minister Marta Dassù is visiting Washington D.C. to meet Deputy Secretary of State William Joseph Burns to discuss key international policy issues. Topics for discussion include developments in the Syrian crisis and the situation in Egypt. The visit will also be an opportunity to examine the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership […]

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Press Releases
2 September 2013
IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

“E’ un episodio gravissimo, che suscita profonda preoccupazione. La perdita di vite umane è assolutamente inaccettabile, e va condannata con la massima fermezza”. Lo afferma il Ministro degli Esteri, Emma Bonino, in relazione alle notizie provenienti da Camp Ashraf. “Ci attendiamo – prosegue Emma Bonino – che da parte del Governo iracheno vengano immediatamente chiariti […]

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Press Releases
2 September 2013
IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

“A very serious incident which arouses deep concern. The loss of human lives is completely unacceptable and must be condemned with the utmost firmness”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s statement on the news from Camp Ashraf. “We expect the Iraqi Government to clarify immediately the details of an incident which appears, from the information […]

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Interviews
2 September 2013
Intervista del Ministro Bonino al quotidiano turco Aksam

You lived for some time in Cairo and worked for several years in the Middle East; you know the region very well. And Italy is one of the countries that has criticised the coup d’état in Egypt most strongly. What do you think of the current situation and the outlook for the future? “I never […]

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Press Releases
29 August 2013
Accordo tra Governo Federale somalo e Amministrazione provvisoria dell’Oltregiuba: Bonino, una tappa importante per la stabilizzazione della Somalia, siamo molto soddisfatti

“This is certainly an important stage in the stabilisation of Somalia, and we are very pleased about it”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino commented from Paris on the news from Addis Ababa on the conclusion of an accord between the Somali Federal Government and the Jubaland administration, reached under the auspices of the Ethiopian […]

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27 August 2013
Syria: Bonino, Italy will not participate in absence of UN mandate

“Italy will not actively take part in military solutions in the absence of a UN Security Council mandate”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s said in a briefing before the joint Upper and Lower House Foreign Affairs Commissions on the latest developments in Syria and Egypt. For Italy, the minister explained, a UN Security Council […]

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