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Press Releases
19 April 2013
Premier and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti hails Belgrade-Pristina accord

Premier and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti expressed his “deep satisfaction” today with the agreement reached in Brussels between Belgrade and Pristina. “This is an historic accord”, Monti asserted, recalling that “in our frequent contacts with the authorities of Belgrade and Pristina, Italy has always encouraged both parties to take advantage of this excellent window […]

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16 April 2013
Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation: Deputy Minister Dassù in Mauritania

Strengthening Euro-Mediterranean dialogue, analysing major regional crises such as Syria and Mali, security, and economic cooperation. These are the key issues on the agenda of the 10th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting under the 5+5 Dialogue. The meeting of the 5+5 countries – Italy, France, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania –, in Nouakchott […]

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10 April 2013
Syria: Monti to Hitto – Italy confirms support for coalition

Prime Minister and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti, in London to participate in the meeting of G8 foreign ministers, met with interim Prime Minister of Syria Ghassan Hitto. Monti assured Hitto that Italy, one of the first countries to recognise the coalition as the only legitimate representative of the Syrian people, will continue to ensure […]

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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

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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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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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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