Sicurezza

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18 May 2012

NATO Summit in Chicago – the future Alliance, in light too of the “exit strategy” from Kabul

The 25th NATO summit, which will be taking place in Chicago on 20 and 21 May 2012, will be “the biggest in the Alliance’s history”, commented NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The Secretary General underscored that during the maxi-summit, which around 60 countries and organisations will be attending, a further 20-30 multi-national projects will […]

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18 May 2012

NATO: Afghanistan – the stages of the withdrawal. Italy’s contribution

A gradual but flexible withdrawal from Afghanistan to meet the agreed deadline of 2014, after which no more fighting troops should remain. The first stage of the exit strategy took place in July 2011, with the first go-ahead for the withdrawal. This was the outline plan sought by the United States, the senior partner in […]

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Press Releases

17 May 2012

Fighting piracy: at the World Navigation Organisation, Italy reasserts the fundamental principles of flag state jurisdiction and the immunity of organs of the state

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Marta Dassu’, addressed a meeting of the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee which took place in London today, 16 May 2012. The meeting was devoted to piracy and, more specifically, the presence of armed personnel on board merchant ships to counter this phenomenon. During her speech, Under-Secretary Dassu’ underscored […]

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15 May 2012

Afghanistan – Terzi addresses Chamber: undreamt-of goals achieved, thanks also to Italy

“Both Italy’s international partners and the Afghan population have been unanimous in their appreciation of the role played by our country in Afghanistan. Thanks to our contribution, goals that just 10 years ago seemed impossible have been achieved: we need only think that 69 women now sit in Parliament”. These were some of the comments […]

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Press Releases

11 May 2012

Apprezzamento del Ministro Terzi per la nomina dell’Amb. Massolo alla direzione del DIS

“L’Ambasciatore Giampiero Massolo è il primo diplomatico dopo oltre vent’anni alla guida dei servizi di sicurezza: un riconoscimento ad un servitore dello Stato che ha dimostrato, in tutti gli alti incarichi ricoperti all’interno dell’Amministrazione, una totale dedizione agli interessi del Paese. Si tratta inoltre di un riconoscimento alla Farnesina e alle sue più alte professionalità. […]

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Interviews

10 May 2012

“Thousands of armed men. We may need a more robust mission”, says Terzi (la Repubblica)

Rome – Fifteen Italian observers are about to leave for Syria: our contribution to the UN mission of 300 observers envisaged by the Annan Peace Plan. “But that number is probably too low and we’ll need to go back to the Security Council”, warns Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi. “To ask for a more robust force, […]

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7 May 2012

Boniver «In Africa si rischia un altro Afghanistan» (Secolo d’Italia)

«Se non stiamo attenti, qui si rischia un nuovo Afghanistan». A lanciare l’allarme è Margherita Boniver, inviata del ministro degli Esteri per le emergenze umanitarie, rientrata da poco dalla capitale della Nigeria Abuja, dopo gli attentati contro i cristiani da parte della setta Boko Haram. L’ultimo dei quali avvenuto proprio ieri in un mercato nel […]

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Interviews

2 May 2012

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“What has happened over the last few days is horrific and barbaric”. Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi doesn’t mince his words when he condemns the massacres in Nigeria, just hours after the latest attack on Christians. The authors of the attack are probably Boko Haram, who had already struck out against Christians at Christmas 2011. The […]

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Press Releases

23 April 2012

Release of Italian ship the “Enrico Ievoli”

The foreign ministry today confirmed the release of the crew of the Italian ship the “Enrico Ievoli” on the coast of Somalia. Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, in Indonesia today on a mission to the Asian capitals, which will also being him to Burma/Myanmar and Brunei, made a press announcement after the Crisis Unit […]

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23 April 2012

TERZI IN JAKARTA: Religious freedom a priority; Italy ready to work with Indonesia for religious co-existence

Defending religious freedom, inter-faith dialogue and religious minorities are “foreign policy priorities for Italy at all levels. We are ready to work side by side with Indonesia to encourage the religious co-existence in the region”. Ensuring freedom of worship around the world Opening the Italo-Indonesian conference on interfaith dialogue in Jakarta, Minister Giulio Terzi stressed […]

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19 April 2012

Afghanistan – Terzi: Italy’s contribution post-2014 will be substantial

Italy’s contribution to the fund to support Afghanistan’s security forces at the end of the transition in late 2014 will be “substantial and in line with the size and quality of its presence in Afghanistan over the last decade”. The assurance was given by Minister Giulio Terzi, speaking in Brussels during the meeting of NATO […]

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18 April 2012

NATO: Consultation on Afghanistan post-2014 – NATO-Russia Council 10 years on from the agreement reached in Italy

Minister Giulio Terzi is attending the meeting of NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers taking place in Brussels today 18 and tomorrow 19 April 2012. The meeting is part of the run-up to the Alliance’s Summit in Chicago in May, which will focus on Afghanistan and in particular on the nature of the NATO mission post-2014 […]

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