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Press Releases
5 June 2012
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L’Italia ha sospeso oggi l’attività della propria Ambasciata a Damasco e rimpatriato dello staff della sede diplomatica. Anche in considerazione delle gravi condizioni di sicurezza, insieme ai principali partner dell’Unione Europea, abbiamo inteso ribadire la più ferma condanna verso le inaccettabili violenze attuate dal regime siriano nei confronti dei propri cittadini. L’Italia continuerà a sostenere […]

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4 June 2012
Syria: Van Rompuy, EU and Russia back Annan plan

The Syrian crisis was among the topics of the 29th EU-Russia summit held in Strelna on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, with Russian President Putin, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, and both foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Catherine Ashton. Annan plan has the best […]

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4 June 2012
Italy-France: Fabius in Rome to meet with Napolitano, Monti and Terzi

Visit to Rome on 4 and 5 June for newly appointed French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius accompanied by Minister for European Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve, who will meet with President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, Prime Minister Mario Monti, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi and Minister for European Affairs Enzo Moavero Milanesi. Preparatory mission for […]

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1 June 2012
Syria: compact action is needed, but the conditions are not ripe for military action

The international community must take “compact” action in Syria to tackle a humanitarian crisis that is “deeply worrying”, but the conditions are not ripe for military action. The statement was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi from Istanbul, where he discussed the Syrian dossier with Italy’s international partners in the margins of the Conference on […]

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31 May 2012
“Longitude”: Europe fights to survive

The June issue of the English-language world affairs magazine “Longitude” (Editor-in-Chief Pialuisa Banco) will be on newsstands as of 4 June 2012, featuring a panorama on the European crisis and its strategic repercussions, the West and its new partners, and the aerospace industry’s power to drive the economy. Also included are a close look at […]

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29 May 2012
PARIGI – Consolato Generale fa acquisti digitali con progetto europeo PEPPOL (in translation)

Il Consolato Generale di Parigi comunica che a maggio si è conclusa con successo la sperimentazione di una gara pubblica telematica rivolta a fornitori esteri per l’acquisto di cinque personal computer tramite il portale “Acquisti in rete”, secondo gli standard del progetto europeo Peppol (Pan-European Public Procurement On Line). I risultati della sperimentazione (la sede […]

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29 May 2012
Italy-Poland: inter-governmental summit at Villa Madama

The Italian-Polish inter-governmental summit which took place at Villa Madama in Rome was chaired by Prime Minister Mario Monti and Prime Minister Donald Tusk and attended by a delegation of ministers from both countries. Italy and Poland have sound bilateral relations and a well-established economic-commercial relationship in terms of both trade and investment. Over 800 […]

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Press Releases
28 May 2012
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In the wake of the horrifying massacre of unarmed civilians in the Syrian city of Houla, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi has been in contact with European and regional partners most closely concerned with the Syrian crisis, with which he will be discussing the latest dramatic developments in the margins of the International conference […]

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25 May 2012
Italy-Brazil: complementary economies, says Dassù

Italy and Brazil can rely on complementary economies and common historic-cultural roots, Under-Secretary Marta Dassù underscored during the Italo-Brazilian economic forum in Sao Paolo at the start of System Italy’s government-region-parliamentary mission, in which more than 600 commercial and institutional representatives from both Italy and Brazil participated.

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23 May 2012
The Interview: governments will do everything possible to keep Greece in the Euro, says Terzi

Afghanistan, Syria, Iran and the eurozone crisis, were the topics of Minister Giulio Terzi’s discussions with the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal and in a video interview with the paper’s deputy editor-in-chief Matt Murray, during which the minister talked about Italy’s post-2014 commitment in Afghanistan, concerns about the humanitarian situation developing in Syria, […]

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Press Releases
18 May 2012
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received his Sudanese colleague, Ali Ahmed Karti, at the Foreign Ministry in Rome today, 18 May 2012

Minister Terzi expressed Italy’s concern over the current state of tension between Sudan and South Sudan, and our expectation that the two sides should resume bilateral talks as soon as possible to resolve all questions still outstanding. In expressing his appreciation of the moderate line taken by Minister Karti himself, Terzi insisted on the need […]

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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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