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16 March 2014

Ucraina: Mogherini, ancora possibile fermare crisi. Russia non annetta Crimea

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini expressed deep concern over the consequences of the referendum for the secession of Crimea. “Italy, along with its European partners, considers the referendum on the secession of Crimea illegitimate, and supports the resolution discussed yesterday in the United Nations Security Council”, Minister Mogherini stated from Brussels, where she had […]

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14 March 2014

Ukraine: International community speaks – Mogherini calls for results from the dialogue opened in Rome

Obtaining results from the channel of dialogue opened in Rome on the Ukraine crisis is the primary objective that Italy shares with the international community, as emerged from the conference call in which Minister Federica Mogherini took part yesterday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, US Secretary of State John Kerry, EU High Representative for […]

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13 March 2014

Ukraine: Mogherini, every effort at dialogue or Monday EU’s inevitabile reaction

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini took part in a conference call today on the Ukraine crisis, whose other participants included UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, US Secretary of State John Kerry, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, […]

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11 March 2014

Italy-France: Mogherini-Repentin meeting

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with French Minister for European Affairs Thierry Repentin. During their discussions, in which Minister Mogherini illustrated the guidelines for the upcoming Italian European Union Presidency, important points of convergence emerged on the importance of Mediterranean concerns and on the advisability of […]

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3 March 2014

“We the people of Ukraine”

A fiery image that evokes the outcome of a democratic revolution fills the front page of issue 36 of “Longitude”, the journal edited by Pialuisa Bianco and hitting news-stands on 6 March. “We the people of Ukraine” is the headline of this issue, packed with reports on international policy issues and with the focus on […]

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3 March 2014

Ukraine: Mogherini at Foreign Affairs Council – Extraordinary Summit in Brussels. “Political solution only through dialogue”

Italy and its European partners strongly condemn the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity and call on Russia to immediately withdraw its armed forces. They view the political-diplomatic channel as the only way to resolve the crisis. These were the positions to emerge from the extraordinary meeting of the Council of European Union Foreign […]

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2 March 2014

Ucraina: vertice di Governo a Palazzo Chigi – Comunicato Palazzo Chigi

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has chaired a meeting at the Cabinet Office in Palazzo Chigi on the situation in Ukraine. Participants included Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti, the Under-Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, Marco Minniti, and the Director of the Department for Information and Security, Giampiero Massolo. The Prime Minister is […]

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2 March 2014

Crimea: riunione coordinamento alla Farnesina; sostenere sforzi per prevenire acuirsi tensioni

The situation in Crimea and possible political-diplomatic initiatives to ease tension in the region were examined at a coordination meeting at the Farnesina today, 2 March 2014. Chaired by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, the meeting was attended by the diplomatic advisers of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence; […]

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2 March 2014

Minister Mogherini to chair technical meeting at Farnesina on situation in Ukraine

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini will chair a technical meeting this morning at the Farnesina to review the situation in Ukraine. The meeting will also discuss her telephone contact today with German Foreign Minister Steinmeier and her conference call with the American Secretary of State, Kerry, the High Representative for European Foreign Policy, Ashton, and a […]

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1 March 2014

Ucraina: Mogherini condanna escalation. “Garantire unità, inclusività e integrità territoriale”

Il Ministro degli Esteri Mogherini ha partecipato in serata ad una “conference call” con l’Alto Rappresentante per la politica estera dell’Unione Europea Ashton e con alcuni omologhi, tra cui Kerry, Hague, Fabius e Sikorski, dalla quale è emersa l’unanime forte preoccupazione e condanna per la pericolosa escalation della situazione in Crimea. Il Ministro Mogherini ha […]

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1 March 2014

Minister Mogherini is following the evolution of the situation in Ukraine, in particular Crimea, and Moscow

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, is following the evolution of the situation in Ukraine, in particular Crimea, and Moscow. Foreign Minister Mogherini is in constant contact with the Prime Minister’s office, with our Ambassadors in Kiev and Moscow and her European colleagues.

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28 February 2014

Italia-Grecia 2014 – Sostegno due Presidenze Ue a dichiarazione tripartita su Ucraina

Il Ministro Federica Mogherini da’ il massimo sostegno alla dichiarazione congiunta emessa oggi dai ministri degli esteri di Francia, Germania e Polonia sulla crisi ucraina. “Oggi c’e’ stata la dichiarazione congiunta dei ministri degli esteri di Polonia, Germania e Francia – ha detto il Ministro in conferenza stampa con il collega greco Evangelos Venizelos – […]

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