Sicurezza

Speeches

6 January 2016

Gentiloni: «Challenges cannot be resolved with some brilliant military action» (Corriere della Sera)

Dear Editor-in Chief, If these days are harbingers of the year to come, Europe will truly have some stormy waters to negotiate. And the centre of the upheaval, more than ever, will be the Mediterranean – with Italy in the front line, therefore, for historical, geographical, economic and cultural reasons. Wondering if the government’s policy […]

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Press Releases

5 January 2016

Libya: telephone conversation of Minister Gentiloni with Prime Minister-designate Fayez al Sarraj

The new and alarming pressure exerted by Daesh in Libya was at the centre of a telephone conversation held late yesterday evening between Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj.   Mr Sarraj expressed to the Italian Government his deep concern for escalating clashes and for the eastward advancement of Sirte-based […]

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Press Releases

4 January 2016

Saudi Arabia-Iran: Foreign Ministry expresses great concern for rising tension in the Middle East

The Italian Foreign Ministry has expressed great concern for the increasing political and diplomatic tension in the Middle East, which risks exacerbating the divisions in the Islamic world to an unsustainable level and compromising current diplomatic efforts addressed at resolving the serious crisis experienced by the region. Italy encourages Saudi Arabia and Iran to do […]

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Press Releases

29 December 2015

Ramadi. Important success by Iraq, assisted by the international coalition, says Gentiloni

“The defeat of Da’esh at Ramadi is an important success by the Iraqi military forces and the international coalition. It is further confirmation that Iraq is on the right road in the battle to eradicate the so-called ‘Islamic State’”. This was the comment by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. “This […]

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Press Releases

23 December 2015

UN Security Council Resolution on Libya – Gentiloni: a decisive step towards stabilisation. Satisfaction over Italy’s role

“The UN Security Council Resolution on Libya is an important step towards the stabilisation of the country. It’s a decision to which Italy decisively contributed, with the work of the recent months, which culminated in the Rome summit of 13 December. The joint communiqué adopted in Rome is the basis of the Resolution adopted this […]

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In detail

14 December 2015

Disarmament – Italy five years ahead of schedule on complete destruction of national cluster bomb stockpiles

Italy has completed its destruction of national cluster bomb stockpiles five years ahead of the date set by article 3 of the Oslo Convention (March 2020). Our country has been strongly committed for years on this theme, and is a leader in all the international forums on the matter. To this end, during the first […]

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Press Releases

13 December 2015

Ministerial Meeting for Libya – Joint Communique

We affirm our full support for the Libyan people in maintaining the unity of Libya and its institutions that function for the benefit of the whole Country.  A Government of National Accord based in the capital Tripoli is urgently needed to provide Libya the means to maintain governance, promote stability and economic development.  We stand […]

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Press Releases

13 December 2015

اجتماع وزاري من أجل ليبيا – بيان مشترك

نؤكد دعمنا التام للشعب الليبي حفاظاً على وحدة ليبيا ومؤسساتها التي تعمل لصالح البلاد بكامل أرجائها. الحاجة ماسة إلى حكومة وفاق وطنيّ مقرها العاصمة طرابلس من أجل تأمين الحكم الرشيد وتوطيد الاستقرار والنمو الاقتصادي. نؤيّد كافة الليبيين المطالبين بتشكيل حكومة وفاق وطنيّ على وجه السرعة تستند إلى اتفاق الصخيرات وتضم ممثلي أغلبية الأعضاء في مجلس […]

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In detail

13 December 2015

Riunione ministeriale di Roma

La Farnesina ospita oggi la riunione ministeriale per la Libia copresieduta dal Ministro Paolo Gentiloni, dal Segretario di Stato Kerry e dal Rappresentante Speciale del Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite per la Libia, Martin Kobler, alla presenza dei rappresentanti degli altri membri permanenti del Consiglio di Sicurezza – Cina, Francia, Regno Unito e Russia – […]

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Press Releases

12 December 2015

Marines: Italy submits request for temporary measures for Girone’s return to Italy

Italy has submitted a request to the Arbitration Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague for temporary measures, as per article 290 of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, authorising Marin Girone’s return to Italy for the duration of the arbitration procedures currently underway. This request falls within […]

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Interviews

8 December 2015

Our Strategy (L’Unità)

Syria is today the “mother” of all Mideast crises, and is receiving priority attention from the international community. Its dramatic humanitarian consequences and impact on the refugee phenomenon are there for all to see. The International Syria Support Group that has met twice in Vienna, and of which Italy is a member, has launched an […]

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Interviews

8 December 2015

Mediterranean crisis: the role of Italy and the anti-ISIS coalition (Corriere della Sera)

The turmoil in the Mediterranean is a challenge that strikes to the very core of Europe. The terrorist threat and the flow of migrants arriving on our borders are two questions that we must keep separate, but which both put us to the test. They place the values on which the European Union was founded […]

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