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2 April 2014
New Italian aid for security and stability

Aid from Italy to the Federal Government of Somalia to increase the country’s capacity to control its territory and combat terrorism now exceeds 1 million euros. The material supplied to the Somali federal institutions includes satellite antenna, electricity generators and security systems for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And in Mogadishu a ceremony to deliver […]

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4 March 2014
Diplomazia e Dintorni – Diplomats and the “war on international terrorism”

Terrorism continues to be one of the main threats to security that the international community must address through initiatives that, to succeed, must act in synergy. Preventing and combating terrorism The work done by diplomats is particularly important in this sector, but little known. Our guest on the 18th instalment of “Diplomazia e Dintorni” is […]

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19 February 2014
Geneva Disarmament Conference, Italy assumes presidency

Italy returns to the presidency of the Geneva Disarmament Conference, after a hiatus of nearly 11 years, in the person of Italian Permanent Representative to the Conference Amabssador Vinicio Mati, who took up the post on Tuesday 18 February. The Conference is the primary multilateral forum available to the international community for negotiations on matters […]

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Press Releases
18 February 2014
Marines: Indian ambassador summoned to the foreign ministry

The Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise summoned today the Indian ambassador to Italy, Basant Kumar Gupta, to the foreign ministry in Rome to express the Italian government’s surprise and deep disappointment at the latest deferral by the Indian Supreme Court of the case of Italian Marines Latorre and Girone. […]

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Press Releases
12 February 2014
Libya: Italy’s strong support for the country’s democratic transition and stabilisation.

Italy has reiterated its firm commitment to go on working in close coordination with the Libyan authorities and the international community to support Libya’s stabilisation and democratic transition and stabilisation. In this framework, a meeting of senior officials from 25 countries and 5 international organisations took place today (12 February) at the Farnesina to prepare […]

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4 February 2014
Bonino in Djibouti – FGM not solely an African problem

Middle East instability, the Syrian crisis and the resulting refugee emergency and the battle for human rights were the topics of discussion in Minister Emma Bonino’s meetings in Lebanon and Djibouti. In Africa the minister also addressed a battle that has placed her in the forefront since her days as a young human rights activist. […]

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Press Releases
20 January 2014
Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free area in the Middle East: Dassù-Laajava meeting

Deputy Minister Marta Dassù met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with Finnish Under-Secretary of State Jaakko Laajava, appointed to facilitate the convening of a conference on the establishment of a weapons of mass destruction-free area in the Middle East. The topics of discussion included the latest development in the consultations conducted by facilitator […]

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20 January 2014
Valensise, Egypt key to area stability

“I delivered the Egyptian authorities Minister Bonino’s invitation to participate in the international conference on Libya being organised by the foreign ministry for 6 March”, reported Secretary General of the MFA Ambassador Michele Valensise at the end of a two-day mission to Egypt, where he had a busy agenda of meetings. Valensise added that he […]

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10 January 2014
340 Libyan troops in Italy for training

Within the framework of the Italian government’s efforts in support of Libya, and in keeping with Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidane’s pledges in the margins of the Lough Erne G8 regarding the reconstruction of the Libyan armed forces, the first 14-week training cycle of began, under the aegis of the Defence Ministry, at the 80th […]

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Press Releases
7 January 2014
Iraq: Bonino, Italy’s solidarity for security crisis in Anbar

“I wish to express Italy’s solidarity with the Iraqi government, presently engaged in managing a security crisis that involves, first and foremost, its citizens”, stated Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, commenting on the outcropping of violence in the Province of Anbar fuelled by Al Qaeda-affiliated militia groups. “We support the process of reconstruction within […]

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