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27 August 2015

“Berlin Process” – Gentiloni attends the Western Balkans Summit 2015

Minister Paolo Gentiloni is taking part in the Western Balkans Summit taking place in Vienna today, 27 August 2015. This is the second summit in the “Berlin Process” that began one year ago with the Western Balkans Conference of August 2014. Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers and Economic Development Ministers of the 6 western Balkan […]

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Press Releases

26 August 2015

Balkans – new Serbia-Kosovo agreements welcomed

Italy welcomes the conclusion – as part of the dialogue facilitated by the EU – of new agreements between Serbia and Kosovo on telecommunications, energy, Serbian municipalities in Kosovo and the Mitrovica bridge. This result opens up new prospects for both countries’ further European integration. The process of normalising relations, and people’s daily lives, bears […]

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Press Releases

26 August 2015

Balkans – new Serbia-Kosovo agreements welcomed

Italy welcomes the conclusion – as part of the dialogue facilitated by the EU – of new agreements between Serbia and Kosovo on telecommunications, energy, Serbian municipalities in Kosovo and the Mitrovica bridge. This result opens up new prospects for both countries’ further European integration. The process of normalising relations, and people’s daily lives, bears […]

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Press Releases

24 August 2015

Belarus: 6 political prisoners freed a significant step toward reconciliation with UE, says Della Vedova

“Six political prisoners, who also include former 2010 presidential candidate Mykalai Statkevich, have been freed in Belarus. This is a significant step toward Minsk’s reconciliation with the EU”, stated Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova, according to whom “improvement in relations between Belarus and the European Union is moving in the hoped […]

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Interviews

23 August 2015

Gentiloni: «Europe must change now or Schengen’s in jeopardy» (Messaggero)

ROME «The issue of immigration threatens to bring out the worst in Europe, amid member state egoisms, disparate decision-making and polemics. I’m worried. It is going to be on this question that Europe either rediscovers its soul or else truly loses it».  According to Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni there has to be agreement, […]

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Interviews

9 August 2015

“People are engaging in demagoguery over the corpses in the sea but Italy is not driven by self-interest”, says Gentiloni (Repubblica)

“People peddling demagoguery against the migrants are not solving anything. And luckily most Italians aren’t being taken in by them. But I don’t want to get into political arguments”. On the day when the photos of the ‘dots in the sea’ are hitting the front pages of the international press after the umpteenth disaster in […]

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20 July 2015

Diritti Umani: Consiglio Affari Esteri Ue adotta Piano d’Azione 2015-2019

Il Consiglio Affari Esteri ha adottato oggi a Bruxelles il Piano d’Azione UE per i Diritti Umani e la Democrazia 2015-2019. Il Piano contempla una serie di azioni volte a rafforzare la coerenza e l’efficacia dell’azione della UE a tutela e promozione dei diritti umani e della democrazia nel mondo, attraverso la responsabilità condivisa di […]

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Press Releases

17 July 2015

Gentiloni meets with UN Special Envoy for the Sahel Hiroute Guebre Sellassie

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni met today at the Farnesina with the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for the Sahel, Hiroute Guebre Sellassie. “This was an important meeting to coordinate Italy’s actions in the Sahel with the strategy the special envoy is outlining for the region”, Minister Gentiloni said. “We are following […]

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Press Releases

14 July 2015

Iran: Comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme announced in Vienna is a long-awaited result, says Gentiloni

“The comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear question announced today in Vienna is a long-awaited result”, was the comment from Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on hearing the news. “Achieved thanks to the efforts of all the negotiators, and the important role played by the European Union, the Vienna agreement shows the efficacy of diplomacy and […]

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Interviews

7 July 2015

Gentiloni: «Athens is to blame, not the Germans. Time now to avoid EU exit» (Corriere della Sera)

«The situation has not been resolved with the Greek referendum’s “NO” victory. I understand the Syriza voters’ celebrations, a bit less the Italian cheering section. The vote established that Tsipras has the support of the majority of Greeks, but this is not the solution. It is now time for Greece and the EU to set […]

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2 July 2015

Slovenia and Croatia: Agreement on indigenous Italian minority signed for 2015

The Convention for 2015 between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Università Popolare di Trieste (UPT) and Unione Italiana was signed today, 2 July 2015, in Rome. For the Ministry, the Convention was signed by the Director General for the European Union, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi; for the l’Università Popolare di Trieste by […]

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2 July 2015

Gentiloni: “Luxembourg Presidency’s commitment on immigration is positive”

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received the Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, at the Farnesina today. Luxembourg took over the Presidency of the European Union yesterday, 1 July 2015. The focus of today’s discussion was an exchange of views on the EU immigration agenda. […]

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