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26 September 2012

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY – Italy’s Contribution – Terzi, bilateral meetings on international policy themes

Italy’s is an intense participation in the UN General Assembly under way in New York, represented by Premier Mario Monti and Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who are involved in a long series of bilateral meetings and conferences on major international policy issues: civil war in Syria, developments in the Arab Spring, the situation in Libya, […]

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25 September 2012

Peacekeeping contribution fundamental, says De Mistura

“Italy’s participation in peacekeeping operations remains fundamental. The alternative would be highly serious. We would lose our ability to influence what are fundamental operations in areas often neighbouring on Italy”. This was the comment by Under-Secretary De Mistura in a video interview at the conference on Italy’s role in international missions organized by the International […]

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Press Releases

23 September 2012

Attack in Nigeria: Minister Terzi’s reaction

“This latest in a long series of killings has shaken all of us, and I most firmly condemn it”, was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s reaction to the news this morning of an attack on the Catholic Cathedral of St. John in northeast Nigeria that left many dead and wounded in its wake. Terzi […]

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12 September 2012

Libya – US Ambassador killed. A horrific and dreadful deed, says Terzi. Tripoli must investigate promptly

“Horror and indignation”. This was the initial reaction of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi on hearing of the killing of the US Ambassador in Libya, Chris Stevens, and his three colleagues during an attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi. “I wish to offer my heartfelt condolences to the USA”, said Terzi during his mission to […]

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Press Releases

12 September 2012

Minister Terzi sends his condolences to the American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi sent the following message to the American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, today: “I was dismayed and deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and members of his staff in the wake of the cowardly attack on the Benghazi offices of the United States mission in Libya. […]

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11 September 2012

11 September: “Gone but never forgotten. We honor victims and heroes, many of them Italians”, says Terzi

“Gone but never forgotten. We honor victims & heroes, many Italians. Lost their lives to save others” at Ground Zero and in Afghanistan. These were the words of Minister in a tweet to mark the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers. In a simple and sober ceremony, the most serious attack ever […]

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Interviews

13 August 2012

“A truce in Syria, or Al Qaeda will step in” (Nazione – Carlino – Giorno)

“The only credible way out of the Syrian crisis is a government of national agreement”. This is in Russia’s interest too, because “if the conflict continues, Assad’s regime will in any case emerged defeated and only Al Qaeda and radicalism will be left standing in the ruins”. In other words, the opposite of what Moscow […]

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Press Releases

6 August 2012

Minister Terzi firmly condemns suicide bombing in Yemen

“We firmly condemn this act of violence, which stirs resentment and horror and our deep condolences for the victims”. With these words Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi commented on the news of a suicide bombing in Yemen that resulted in dozens of casualties. “Italy stands strongly behind the political and institutional transition taking place […]

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Press Releases

30 July 2012

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“They are finally safe and on their way back to Italy”. With these words Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi announced the conclusion of an episode involving two Italian technicians held in Syria, underscoring his “deep satisfaction” and “profound gratitude to all the State apparatus that worked on securing this result, with the foreign ministry’s Crisis Unit […]

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20 July 2012

Yemen: Terzi confirms Italy’s support for transition

“I reiterated Italy’s pledge to support the political and institutional transition in Yemen, which is proceeding in a decidedly positive way”, was Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment coming out of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Yemeni counterpart Abu Bakr al-Qirbi. “Yemen has weathered the Arab spring with intelligence, and handled a […]

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Press Releases

19 July 2012

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“The attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria fills me with dismay. It takes us back, dramatically, to the darkest years of terror”. Speaking was Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who continued: “Yet again, innocent victims are paying the price of a campaign of hate and destruction against Israel, conducted by people who know […]

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Press Releases

18 July 2012

Syria: Commenting on the massacres, Minister Terzi calls for a UN Security Council Resolution

“Today’s most serious attacks demonstrate that a real start to a Syrian-led political transition in Damascus, that responds to the legitimate and democratic aspirations of the Syrian people, has become a pressing and urgent need”. This was Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment on the news arriving from Damascus. “Italy”, continued Terzi, “continues to give its […]

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