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Press Releases

30 March 2015

UN: Farnesina welcomes resolutions on situation in Libya

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has welcomed the unanimous adoption by the United Nations Security Council of two important resolutions on the situation in Libya. The resolutions have extended the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) led by the Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino […]

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Press Releases

26 March 2015

Yemen: Italy informed by Saudi Arabia of raid intention. Gentiloni cites need to not jeopardise UN negotiation

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation received a telephone call yesterday afternoon from Saudi Minister for Foreign Affairs Prince Saud al-Faisal regarding the military initiative that the Riyadh government would be undertaking in the following hours in response to a request for assistance from legitimate Yemeni President Hadi. Minister Gentiloni expressed understanding for concerns […]

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Press Releases

23 March 2015

High Level Italy-Algeria Contact Group; Pistelli, reaffirms joint support for a unified Libya and political solution

 “We reaffirmed our joint support for a unified Libya and for the achievement of a political solution. We intend to confront the terrorist threat together by implementing a concrete programme over the coming months”. This was the statement by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Lapo Pistelli in the margins of today’s meeting […]

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Press Releases

22 March 2015

JOINT STATEMENT ON LIBYA

 The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States welcome the resumption of the Libyan political dialogue in Skhirat, Morocco. We strongly support the efforts of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Bernardino Leon, the UNSMIL team and the Libyan participants and congratulate them  all  on the progress […]

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Press Releases

21 March 2015

Bodies of Italian victims of terrorist attack in Tunis flown to Rome

The Head of the Farnesina Crisis Unit left the Tunis airport with the bodies of the victims of the terrorist attack in Tunis and their families headed for Rome, where the authorities will perform the procedures required by law. Once those procedures are have been completed, they will be flown back to Turin.

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Press Releases

20 March 2015

Establishment of ISIL Counter-Financing Work Group (GCFI)

On 19 and 20 March, Italy, The United States and Saudi Arabia co-chaired the first meeting of the ISIL Counter-Financing Work Group (ICFG) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The representatives of 26 countries and international organisations met to analyse the funds flowing toward ISIL, share intelligence sources and coordinate efforts to […]

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Interviews

20 March 2015

Gentiloni: «Rapid pacification of Libya to combat terrorism» (Il Messaggero)

As Foreign Minister, would you say that we now have the first Italian victims of ISIS? Are Tunisia’s Ansar al Sharia jihadists aligned with the Caliphate? «We have the innocent victims of criminal terrorists. And then, it’s very difficult to make a clear distinction between Daesh [ISIS, editor’s note] and more traditional jihad-based terrorism. Certainly, […]

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Press Releases

19 March 2015

First meeting today at the Farnesina of Anti-ISIL Coalition Work Group on halting financing to Daesh

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni opened the first meeting of the Anti-ISIL Coalition Work Group on halting financing of Daesh this morning at the Farnesina. The group was set up in implementation of the strategy agreed on by the countries most active in the Coalition, which have launched a strengthened cooperation […]

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In detail

6 March 2015

EU: Gentiloni in Riga for the Gymnich summit. Focus on situation in Libya, Ukraine and EU-Russia relations

7 March – Latvian MFA press release on Gymnich (original language) ‘EU Foreign Ministers in Riga demonstrate unequivocal unity’ On 6-7 March, Riga hosted the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers with participation of  Foreign Ministers from candidate countries and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. The ministers discussed […]

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Interviews

5 March 2015

“The threat of Islamic terrorism could lead to a united government” (La Stampa)

“Decisive meeting today in Morocco. The Ukrainian crisis? We need to place our bets on the ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weaponry”. “There was no ‘mess’ over Palestine. The government has a balanced position, understood at the international level” by Cesare Martinetti Just a few weeks to defuse the prospect of “total war” in […]

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Press Releases

4 March 2015

Libya: Gentiloni meets United Nations Special Representative, Bernardino León

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino León, in Rome today, 4 March 2015. Immediately after his meeting with Gentiloni, León will have a conference call with the United Nations Security Council. Minister Gentiloni assured León of Italy’s full support and […]

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In detail

3 March 2015

Combating DA’ESH – Italy confirms aid for the Kurds, Gentiloni tells Barzani

Meeting at the Farnesina with the Iraqi Kurdish premier. The role of Development Cooperation in the “terrible humanitarian crisis” in the region Italy has confirmed its “support both to the central government in Baghdad and to the regional Kurdish government engaged in the fight against Da’esh. In the second half of 2015 we will be […]

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