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26 June 2015

Latorre and Girone: Italy opens international arbitration procedure

Italy today opened an international arbitration procedure on the case of the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The decision, which the Parliament had called for, was taken at the end of the necessary direct negotiations with India and in the face […]

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10 June 2015

Communiqué for Libya meeting in Berlin – June 10th

1) Senior officials of the Governments of China, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America as well as of the EU met today in Berlin with the Libyan delegates to the UN-led Political Dialogue and in the presence of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Bernardino […]

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Press Releases

10 June 2015

Gentiloni meets with U.S. President’s Special Envoy for the Anti-Daesh Coalition Allen

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni met today with the U.S. President’s Special Envoy for the Anti-Daesh Coalition General Allen. Their discussions included confirmation of Italy’s support for the results of the Paris ministerial meeting of the Coalition; the importance of inclusive political solutions both in Iraq and in Syria; and the […]

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Interviews

27 May 2015

“From Syria to Iraq to Libya, Russia is crucial”, says Gentiloni

Spain is heading towards the indignado populism of Podemos; Poland has elected Andrzej Duda, an ultra-nationalist who hates Brussels perhaps even more than he hates Moscow, Greece is on the brink of leaving the single currency; and Great Britain is planning for its departure from the European Union. Is populism consuming the European project and […]

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Press Releases

23 May 2015

Terrorist attacks in Syria: UN Security Council decision important result of action by Italian government, says Gentiloni

“The decision of the United Nations Security Council’s decision is an important result of the action by the Italian government”. This was how the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism, Dario Franceschini, expressed their approval of the initiative taken by the United […]

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Press Releases

17 May 2015

Gentiloni firmly condemns Kabul attack

“I firmly condemn today’s attack near the international airport of Kabul on a EUPOL mission convoy which took the life of a British citizen”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Gentiloni regarding the attack this morning in Afghanistan. “This despicable attack hits us even harder as Europeans because it was against a civilian mission being carried […]

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Press Releases

4 May 2015

Gentiloni hosts working lunch with Ambassadors of member countries of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, hosted a working lunch today, 4 May 2015, with the Ambassadors accredited to Rome of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Minister Gentiloni’s initiative follows the meeting with the Ambassadors of Arab League member countries on 23 February 2015. It was an […]

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Press Releases

25 April 2015

Destruction of Nimrod: Giro calls for action

“The images of the vestiges of Nimrod, destroyed by DAESH, are a call to action”, declared Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro. “Destruction of the past means hatred of the future”, Giro continued, “and therefore Italy has asked UNESCO to advance concrete and effective measures to halt such devastation of the world’s heritage and illegal […]

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Press Releases

23 April 2015

Death of Giovanni Lo Porto: Minister Gentiloni offers his condolences

In the face of the distressing news of the death of Giovanni Lo Porto, I wish first of all to express my sympathy for his mother and all his family.  The tragic circumstances of his killing in a region of the Punjab on the Afghan-Pakistani border make the circumstances of his death even more dramatic. […]

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Press Releases

21 April 2015

Gentiloni meets the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway, Børge Brende, at the Farnesina today, 21 April 2015. The meeting was an opportunity to exchange views on regional crises and other key international topics. The two ministers discussed Libya, migration and combating terrorism; […]

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Press Releases

13 April 2015

Dichiarazione congiunta sulla Libia dei Ministri degli Esteri Fabius, Steinmeier, Gentiloni, García-Margallo, del Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Esteri ed il Commonwealth Hammond, e del Segretario di Stato Kerry

Joint Statement on Libya by Foreign Ministers Fabius, Steinmeier, Gentiloni, García-Margallo, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Hammond, and Secretary of State Kerry Foreign Ministers Fabius, Steinmeier, Gentiloni, García-Margallo, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Hammond, and Secretary of State Kerry welcome the resumption of the Libyan political dialogue under the […]

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Interviews

12 April 2015

Gentiloni: «EU must end egotistical silence over persecuted Christians» (Avvenire)

“Italy is committed in Europe to keeping the attention on the persecution of Christians and offering solidarity through specific projects. Otherwise we would be the passive accomplices of that silence denounced by Pope Frances”. Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks upon his return from a visit to Kenya after the tragic events at the University of Garissa. […]

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