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25 February 2016

Minister Gentiloni meets with Heads of Mission of the EU member states

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni attended an institutional meeting with the Heads of Mission of the EU member states, hosted by the Ambassador of the Netherlands for the current Presidency of the EU Council. The meeting was an opportunity to reiterate Italy’s stance on key issues regarding Europe and the crisis […]

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25 February 2016

Gentiloni holds telephone conversation with the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni held a telephone conversation with the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias.   “Italy,” Minister Gentiloni said, “believes unilateral initiatives on immigration to be dangerous and does not share any position aimed at having one single Country, such as Greece, bear the responsibility of facing […]

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22 February 2016

Foreign Minister Gentiloni in Turkey

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Turkey from February 21 to 23 to attend a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavuşoğlu and the third meeting of the High Level Partnership Forum on Somalia. Only a few months after the talks in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting of […]

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Press Releases

18 February 2016

Communique on establishing the sea border between Italy and France

On the issue of establishing the sea border between Italy and France, which has been the subject of parliamentary questions as well as several press reports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalls the points raised in the reply given by Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto della Vedova to parliamentary question no. 2-01268 of 12th February.The […]

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18 February 2016

Foreign Minister Gentiloni on mission in Athens

Political, economic, commercial and energy issues, migration, the Syrian crisis and the Cyprus question, in addition to promoting the interests of Italian companies, were central in Foreign Minister Gentiloni’s agenda during his mission to Athens today. It was the first bilateral meeting for an Italian foreign minister since 2005. Minister Gentiloni met with the President […]

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18 February 2016

Il Ministro Gentiloni in missione ad Atene

Tematiche politiche, ma anche aspetti economico-commerciali ed energetici, migrazioni, crisi siriana e questione cipriota, oltre alla promozione degli interessi delle aziende italiane. Sono stati i temi al centro della missione di oggi ad Atene del Ministro degli Esteri Paolo Gentiloni, la prima bilaterale di un capo della diplomazia italiana dal 2005. Il Ministro Gentiloni ha […]

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12 February 2016

Sarajevo – Italy and Bosnia discuss progress towards EU membership

Italian Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ruggero Corrias, recently met Deputy President of Bosnia’s Chamber of Deputies, Sefik Džaferović. During the meeting, they exchanged views on the country’s path to EU membership, stressing the need for Bosnia-Herzegovina to press ahead in its efforts to align with European standards also after submitting a formal application for EU membership. […]

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11 February 2016

Focus on global security and fighting terrorism in Munich

Terrorism, the refugee emergency, the future of Nato and the main regional crises are just some of the main issues to be tackled by the Security Conference opening in Munich tomorrow.The agenda for the two-day conference, which will be attended for Italy by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Defence […]

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Press Releases

9 February 2016

Joint Communiqué – Charting the way ahead. An EU Founding Members’ initiative on strengthening Cohesion in the European Union

Joint Communiqué The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands met on 9 February 2016 in Rome. They declare: as Europe is approaching the 60th anniversary of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community on 25 March 2017, we are concerned about the State of the European project. Indeed, […]

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9 February 2016

E.U. Founding Countries meet in Rome

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the six E.U. Founding Countries discuss migration challenges and integration at Villa Madama The Foreign Ministers of the six Founding Countries of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) are meeting today at Villa Madama in Rome to  discuss the future of the European Union and […]

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Press Releases

8 February 2016

Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Founding Countries of the European Union

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will host a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the six founders of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) tomorrow at Villa Madama in Rome,  in anticipation of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome signed on 25 March, […]

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Interviews

6 February 2016

“L’Europa si è svegliata molto tardi” (Der Spiegel)

ITALIA. Il Ministro degli Esteri Gentiloni si esprime sul più difficile conflitto della storia dell’UE e spiega perché su molte cose è d’accordo con Angela Merkel.   Paolo Gentiloni, 61 anni, romano di famiglia nobile, è da 15 anni membro del Parlamento nelle file dei Socialdemocratici. Nell’ottobre 2014 è stato nominato Ministro degli Esteri. Per […]

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