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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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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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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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2 March 2015

Iran: Nuclear programme – New round of talks preceded by Minister Gentiloni’s two days of discussions in Tehran

In the wake of Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s two days in Tehran, a new round of talks to reach an agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme has begun in Geneva. In Vienna, in the meantime, the issues to be discussed by the governors of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the next 5 days […]

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Press Releases

26 February 2015

Syria. Attacks in Hasake Province. Unacceptable genocide, says Gentiloni. Preserve Middle East cultural and religious patrimony

“I wish to express my firmest condemnation of the religious and ethnic-related violence systematically and viciously perpetrated by the Daesh against local Syrian populations”. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni commented thus on the news of the kidnapping and murder of dozens of Christian civilians in Syrian orthodox villages in the northeast […]

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25 February 2015

Libya: Gentiloni says Italy and Tunisia share positions

With regard to the Libyan crisis, Italy and Tunisia share a common position on “the need to redouble efforts to find a solution that all the factions can agree to, since political stability is the only way to resolving the crisis”, said Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the end of a meeting with Tunisian President Beji […]

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Interviews

25 February 2015

Gentiloni: «Europe must do more for illegals. Landings nearly doubled in one year» (Il Messaggero)

“Europe needs to be more engaged on immigration, to authentically share the burden at all stages, from the countries of origin to those of transit and up to the final miles and reception. It has to spend more resources on Triton”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will raise the question at the next EU […]

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23 February 2015

Italy intensifies diplomatic efforts

Gentiloni-Al Dairy for a national unity government Italy is intensifying diplomatic efforts toward a political solution to the crisis in Libya. Minister Paolo Gentiloni had a telephone meeting with the foreign minister of the government of Tobruk, Mohamed Al Dairy, during which they confirmed a common commitment to the formation of a national unity government […]

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