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30 March 2012

Terzi: “Those 50 victims in Afghanistan are like the victims of terrorism” (Corriere della Sera)

Rome: “The Italian soldiers who fell in Afghanistan have the same value as the Italians who lost their lives in the fight against terrorism”, said Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi yesterday, 29 March 2012. In Afghanistan, this country assailed by the Taliban, our contingent still includes 4,200 people in uniform. Last week’s deaths brought the number […]

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28 March 2012

AFGHANISTAN: No change in Italian-Alliance strategy, reports Terzi

Italy’s “strategy [editor’s note: that of Italy and its allies in Afghanistan] goes forward and has not changed direction. Therefore, the timeframes are those that were described and announced”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s comment at the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with US Special Envoy for […]

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27 March 2012

SEOUL: Cooperation against nuclear terrorism – Italy’s priority: protection for peoples and environment

Strong national and international cooperation against nuclear terrorism, one of the most challenging threats to international security. That is the commitment of the 53 Heads of States and Government, as set out in the communiqué approved at the close of the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. Italy, with Prime Minister Mario Monti’s intervention, stressed […]

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27 March 2012

11.00 – SEOUL SUMMIT: strong national and international cooperation against nuclear terrorism

Strong national and international cooperation against nuclear terrorism, one of the most challenging threats to international security. This is the commitment of the 53 Heads of State and Government, as set out in the statement approved at the close of the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul.

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27 March 2012

Boniver: tempi rapidi ma ora cautela obbligatoria

«La liberazione di Paolo Colangelo è avvenuta in tempi rapidi, ma adesso la cautela è d’obbligo per la sorte del secondo italiano in mano ai terroristi». Invita alla prudenza Margherita Boniver, deputato Pdl ex sottosegretario agli Esteri, ora presidente del comitato Schengen e inviato speciale della Farnesina per le esperienze umanitarie. «Solitamente per questo genere […]

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26 March 2012

Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul

The nuclear security summit began in Seoul with a working dinner hosted by President Lee Myung-bak immediately following the welcome ceremony for the 50 world leaders (including Italian premier Mario Monti) and top officials of 4 international organisations. In addition to an update on what has happened since the actions to prevent nuclear terrorism and […]

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Press Releases

26 March 2012

Minister Terzi expresses condolences for the loss of an Italian soldier in Afghanistan

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his personal grief and deep condolences for the sacrifice of an Italian soldier in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan, along with his solidarity with the families of this victim and of all the other Italian servicemen struck down in the fulfilment of their duty, on the front lines […]

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23 March 2012

Siria: Terzi, qualcosa si muove ma serve risoluzione ONU (in translation)

La situazione resta drammatica ma “qualcosa si sta muovendo” per la Siria. Lo ha affermato il Ministro Giulio Terzi a Bruxelles, in occasione del Consiglio Affari Esteri UE che ha deciso nuove sanzioni nei confronti della famiglia del presidente siriano Bashar Assad. Terzi si è riferito, in particolare, alla dichiarazione della presidenza del Consiglio di […]

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22 March 2012

Italia-Gb; Terzi: nasce gruppo di lavoro contro terrorismo e pirateria (in translation)

Italia e Gran Bretagna hanno deciso di istituire un gruppo di lavoro di alto livello in materia di lotta al terrorismo e alla pirateria. Lo ha annunciato il ministro Giulio Terzi al termine di un incontro alla Farnesina con il collega britannico William Hague. Il gruppo si riunirà a livello di alti funzionari ed esaminerà […]

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Interviews

19 March 2012

L’Ambsciatore a Delhi: subito passi importanti

Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte, 65 anni, ambasciatore a New Delhi da poco più di due anni, non è più concentrato solamente sulle coste dello stato sud-occidentale del Kerala dove si trovano in carcere i due marò, Salvatore Girone e Massimiliano Latorre. Ora, con il sequestro dei due turisti italiani nello stato orientale dell’Orissa, si trova […]

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13 March 2012

”Trasparenza e ritorno a casa degli ostaggi” – Terzi al Senato, gli obiettivi del governo (in translation)

”Trasparenza” e ”impegno a riportare tutti gli ostaggi a casa”: sono le priorita’ del governo al centro dell’intervento del Ministro Giulio Terzi al Senato con particolare riferimento al blitz in Nigeria che ha provocato la morte dell’ingegnere italiano Franco Lamolinara e quella di un cittadino britannico, e all’arresto in India dei due maro’. Il governo […]

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12 March 2012

Letter from Minister Terzi: «From Nigeria to India»

Dear Editor I would like to express some observations regarding your newspaper’s commentary on our foreign policy efforts under circumstances that have inspired criticism. If, on the one hand, it is proper and understandable that these affairs be kept in the spotlight, on the other hand, their complexity is leading to a misapprehension that I, […]

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