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15 March 2016

Undersecretary of State Amendola on mission to Tunis

Security and counter-terrorism, the peace process in Syria and Libya and economic relations are some the issues on the agenda of the visit to Tunis by Vincenzo Amendola, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Special focus will be placed on EU-Tunisia relations and Development Cooperation. The visit, scheduled only a few days before the […]

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14 March 2016

Syria, Libya. Minister Gentiloni attends the Ministerial Meeting in Paris

Minister Gentiloni is attending the Quint Ministerial Meeting on Syria, Libya, the Ukrainian crisis and Yemen at the Paris Quai d’Orsay today together with the U.S. Secretary of State and the foreign ministers of Germany, France, the UK, and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs. Discussions will mainly focus on the peace […]

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14 March 2016

سورية، لبنان. الوزير “دجينتيلوني” يشارك في لقاء “باريس” الوزاري.

شارك الوزير “دجينتيلوني” اليوم في “كي دورساي” بباريس في اللقاء الوزاري الخماسي المخصّص لسورية، ليبيا، الأزمة الأوكرانية واليمن، إلى جانب وزير الشؤون الخارجية الأمريكي ووزراء خارجية ألمانيا، فرنسا، بريطانيا والممثّل الأعلى للشؤون الخارجية في الاتحاد الأوروبي. تركّز اللقاء بصورة خاصة على محادثات السلام من أجل سورية التي ستُستأنَف نهار غد في “جنيف”. “الهدف بعيد على […]

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10 March 2016

Gentiloni in Malta: Libya and migration crisis on the agenda

The migration crisis, fighting terrorism and Libya are the major issues on the agenda of the meetings that Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will have today at La Valletta, in addition to the bilateral relations between Italy and Malta. Minister Gentiloni is scheduled to meet with his colleague George Vella, the President of the Republic Marie […]

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Interviews

6 March 2016

Gentiloni: «There is no need for a blitzkrieg in order to stabilise Libya» «We must avoid having a Failed State at our door»

He is in continuous contact with the Crisis Unit over the developments in the situation in Sabratha and the repatriation of the two Bonatti engineers released on Friday. He feels on his shoulders all the weight of these responsibility-laden hours, carefully weighing his words and even more so the decisions expected from a Country like […]

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4 March 2016

The OSCE’s challenges: “Migrants and Security”

“We’re under a moral obligation to save human lives. Building walls cannot be the answer, nor can viewing today’s migrant crisis from a security perspective alone. We cannot equate migrants and terrorists,” Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Paolo Gentiloni, said this morning when opening the OSCE conference on “Refocusing Migration and Security: […]

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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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26 February 2016

Med Group in Cyprus puts focus on regional crises

The Syrian and Libyan crises and their consequences on the phenomena of migration and terrorism will be the focus of the yearly meeting of the Med Group foreign ministers which will be held today in Cyprus with the participation of Minister Paolo Gentiloni and his colleagues from  Spain, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta, the French […]

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Press Releases

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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Press Releases

18 February 2016

Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States

The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States welcome the Libyan Presidency Council’s February 14 announcement of a Government of National Accord (GNA) Cabinet.  We take note of the spirit of openness and reconciliation embodied in this Cabinet.  It is not easy to choose the […]

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