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10 April 2013
ROMANIA – Italy joins initiative to help Rome citizens

Italy is taking part with other European countries in an initiative to help Romanian citizens belonging to the Roma ethnic group. Our Ambassador to Bucharest, Diego Brasioli, recently took part in a visit to Frumusani, which is home to a large Roma community. The visit was organised by the British Ambassador on behalf of the […]

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8 April 2013
ITALY-GEORGIA -Twinning for local customs boost concludes

A twinnings project with a focus on reinforcing local customs practices and controls in matters of medicines and healthcare in Georgia, in which the Italian Customs Agency collaborated with the Danish and Estonian administrations came to a successful conclusion and was a response to a key Georgian objective in relation to the “”Deep and comprehensive […]

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2 April 2013
UN Vote on Arms Trade Treaty

Italy welcomes the positive outcome of the work on drafting an Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations. After long negotiations, the text was supported by a broad coalition of over 150 countries, including Italy, who today approved a General Assembly Resolution establishing that the treaty will be open for signing on 3 June 2013 […]

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22 March 2013
Terzi in Dublin for EU Informal – Syria and review of EEAS top the agenda

The outlook for the crisis in Syria will be topping the agenda at the informal meeting of the 27 EU foreign ministers and High Representative Ashton taking place in Dublin this weekend. The informal, which Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi is attending, ends on Saturday 23 March 2013. The heads of Europe’s foreign ministries will be […]

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Press Releases
14 March 2013
More Europe on Defence

Ha preso il via questa mattina alla Farnesina il seminario internazionale “More Europe on Defence”, organizzato dai Ministeri degli Esteri e della Difesa. Scopo dell’iniziativa è fornire un contributo alla preparazione della sessione di dicembre 2013 del Consiglio Europeo e al semestre di Presidenza italiana all’Unione Europea, con l’obiettivo d’incrementare la consapevolezza, nei Partner Europei […]

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Press Releases
14 March 2013
More Europe on Defence

The international seminar “More Europe on Defence”, organised by the MFA and the Defence Ministry, was held at the foreign ministry in Rome today. Its scope is to make a contribution to the preparations for the December 2013 session of the European Council and to the Italian Presidency of the European Union, with the aim […]

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14 March 2013
ITALY-USA: Foreign Ministry S-G Valensise in Washington

Political and economic collaboration between Italy and the United States, the situation in the Middle East and Mediterranean and Italy’s commitment to the stabilisation of the world’s main crisis hotspots were the focus of foreign ministry S-G Michele Valensise’s meetings in Washington with officials of the State Department, Pentagon and National Security Council. Appreciation for […]

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14 March 2013
Terzi in Israel – Meetings on peace process, Syria and EU relations

The peace process, Syria and relations with Europe were the main themes of Minister Giulio Terzi’s meetings today in Jerusalem with a series of Israeli political leaders: education minister Gideon Saar and former foreign minister and probable justice minister and peace process coordinator of the next government Tizpi Livni, and national security advisor Yaacov Amidror. […]

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11 March 2013
Syria – Brahimi in Brussels – ‘Political solution only. Important EU role’

The Syrian crisis was among the topics discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, whose participants included UN and Arab League Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, which followed close on the heels of the 28 February Conference in Rome. The Syrian situation, “one of the world’s major crises”, cannot but have a political […]

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11 March 2013
EU Foreign Affairs Council – North Korea added to the agenda

The situation in North Korea (Pyongyang has crossed the “red line”) joins the crisis in Syria, relations between the two shores of the Mediterranean and the Iran question on the agenda of the European Union Council of Foreign Ministers, where Italy will be represented by Under-Secretary Marta Dassù. Meeting with Brahimi A meeting with UN […]

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27 February 2013
Closed Ministerial Meeting on Syria: Aid to opposition. Halt violence, Assad out

An appeal to the Syrian regime for the immediate cessation of the bombardments and for President Assad to step down, and the promise of increased political and material support to the Syrian National Coalition, recognised as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. This was the outcome of a meeting Minister Giulio Terzi chaired […]

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