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Interviews

9 August 2015

“People are engaging in demagoguery over the corpses in the sea but Italy is not driven by self-interest”, says Gentiloni (Repubblica)

“People peddling demagoguery against the migrants are not solving anything. And luckily most Italians aren’t being taken in by them. But I don’t want to get into political arguments”. On the day when the photos of the ‘dots in the sea’ are hitting the front pages of the international press after the umpteenth disaster in […]

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Press Releases

31 July 2015

Attacchi in Cisgiordania: Farnesina esprime ferma condanna

La Farnesina esprime ferma condanna per gli attacchi della scorsa notte ai danni di famiglie palestinesi nel villaggio di Duma in Cisgiordania, che hanno causato la morte di un bambino di 18 mesi, Ali Dawabsha. Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale auspica che i responsabili di un atto così disumano, che ripugna […]

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Interviews

25 July 2015

Gentiloni: “Libyan bank should stop funds to those who oppose peace” (Corriere della Sera)

“I believe that the offensive launched by Turkey against ISIS in northern Syria is important. The risk of Ankara’s involvement in the anti-Daesh [ISIS, editor’s note] coalition overlapping with the internal dynamics of the Kurdish question has existed for months. The Turkish authorities have not only reacted to the Daesh attacks but also granted the […]

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Press Releases

13 July 2015

Marines: Indian Supreme Court grants extension of Massimiliano Latorre’s stay in Italy

The Indian Supreme Court today granted a 6-month extension – to mid-January 2016 – of the period of time that Marine Massimiliano Latorre can remain in Italy. The decision was made without opposition from the Government in New Delhi. The Court postponed until 26 August its decision on our request to suspend the domestic judicial […]

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Interviews

12 July 2015

“Targeted because we’re in the front line against the Caliphate”, says Gentiloni (La Repubblica)

ROMA. The attack against the Italian Consulate in Cairo is an attempt to intimidate Italy, which is engaged alongside the Egyptian government in combating terrorism. But we aren’t giving in to fear. The point is firmly underscored by Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who will be in the Egyptian capital tomorrow [Monday 13 July] to express […]

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Interviews

12 July 2015

Gentiloni: ‘Presi di mira perché in prima linea contro il Califfato’ (La Repubblica)

ROMA. L’attentato contro il consolato del Cairo è un tentativo di intimidire l’Italia, impegnata accanto al governo egiziano nella lotta contro il terrorismo. Ma noi non ci lasciamo intimorire. Lo sottolinea con forza il ministro degli Esteri Paolo Gentiloni, anticipando che domani sarà nella capitale egiziana per portare la sua solidarietà al personale della sede […]

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Press Releases

3 July 2015

Libya: statement signed tonight is the first result of the mediation conducted by Bernardino Leon with the support of Italy and of the international community, says Gentiloni

“The statement signed tonight by the Libyan members taking part in the dialogue facilitated by the United Nations and who report to the Chamber of Representatives of Tobruk, Misurata and Zintan and to the independents, is the first result of the mediation conducted by Bernardino Leon with the support of Italy and of the international […]

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Press Releases

1 July 2015

Egypt: terrorist attacks. Italy at the side of the Egyptian people and government

Italy is at the side of the Egyptian people and government after the grave terrorist attacks that have caused tens of victims. Egypt is a pillar of stability in the region and the escalation of the terrorist threat will not succeed in weakening the determination of its people and government .

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Press Releases

1 July 2015

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

The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, express our deep concern about the ongoing violence within Libya, and the expansion of terrorism in Libya. We recognize that the Libyan people want peace and stability. We welcome the recent round of talks of the UN political dialogue in Skhirat, […]

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Interviews

30 June 2015

Gentiloni: “The great challenge of global terrorism” (l’Unità)

“Black Friday”, with terrorist attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait did not spring from an order from a terrorist super-HQ. Not a single, unified command but a single crisis links the episodes of that day and requires a global approach to tackling the challenge. This is particularly true for Italy, which through geography and history […]

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Interviews

28 June 2015

“We can only fight terror if we’re united”, says Gentiloni (Il Messaggero)

“To combat terrorism, we need to be united. Including the political forces, and by working with the representatives of over 1.2 million Italian Muslims who have every interest in isolating and defeating the small fundamentalist minorities who support the terrorists”. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is analysing the global offensive of terror, from Tunisia to Somalia, […]

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Press Releases

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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