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18 December 2013
We hope to see more EU coordination in defence sector, says Bonino

European defence policies, the crisis in South Sudan, Egypt’s transition and the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons. These were the main issues covered by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in her address to the Senate and Chamber’s joint Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees. The hearing, in which Defence Minister Mario Mauro also took part, was intended […]

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18 December 2013
Serbia-EU: Bonino welcomes Brussels’ decision to open accession negotiations

“Great satisfaction” was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s reaction to the decision by the European Union’s General Affairs Council of 17 December 2013 to open negotiations for Serbia’s EU accession. The talks will start in January 2014 with the first Inter-Governmental Conference. “This is a historic moment for Serbia and the Balkans”, declared Minister Bonino. “Italy […]

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16 December 2013
EU: Foreign Affairs Council – Syrian chemical weapons to pass through Italian port

Syria’s chemical weapons will be passing through an Italian port, with the selection of the precise place being decided – and notified to the Italian Parliament – by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemic Weapons (OPWC). The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at the end of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs […]

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16 December 2013
EU Foreign Affairs Council, Bonino in Brussels – Focus on Iran, Eastern Partnership, EU-Russia relations

Iran, Syria, Lebanon, the Eastern Partnership, EU-Russia relations, the Central African Republic, the Western Balkans and Burma, are on the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels – Iran being at the top of the list. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton will outline the contents of the recent nuclear agreement […]

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12 December 2013
EU: committed to a new “shared development grammar”, says Pistelli

Deputy Foreign Minister Pistelli participated in a meeting of the Development Council in Brussels, during which he spoke on the strategic goals of the post-2015 agenda, post-MDGs and the EU’s position in the multilateral negotiating process of the United Nations; on EU resources for aid to developing countries from 2014 to 2020 following the European […]

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12 December 2013
Bonino: Together to build the futureStrengthened dialogue, concrete programme, perfected work method

At the Conclusion of the 6th Italy-Latin America and Caribbean Conference, held at the foreign ministry in Rome Minister Emma Bonino took stock of the two days of intense work: “strengthened” dialogue, “defined and concrete” plans and a “perfected” work method. The decision to open the conference to the collaboration of all the member countries […]

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4 December 2013
Farnesina – A Roma convegno sulle sfide per la diplomazia italiana (in translation)

La diplomazia italiana del futuro, le prospettive di una diplomazia europea e le sfide che attendono il nostro paese e l’Ue, sono state al centro di un convegno organizzato a Roma da Assidiplar, l’Associazione nazionale diplomatici a riposo, e dall’Universita’ La Sapienza. Come sottolineato in un messaggio dal Segretario generale della Farnesina, Michele Valensise, la […]

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4 December 2013
Italian diplomacy of the future: debate in Villa Madama

Diplomats, politicians, academics and experts will hold a debate today on “The Italian Diplomacy of the future and the Outlook for a European Diplomacy”. The conference, hosted by the “Mario Toscano” Diplomatic Institute (ISDI) in Villa Madama, is being organised by the National Association of Retired Diplomats (ASSDIPLAR) and the Sapienza University in Rome. It […]

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29 November 2013
Italo-Turkish summit: Dassu’ in Istanbul

Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù will meet in Istanbul today with Turkish Minister for European Affairs Egemen Bağis. The meeting will offer an opportunity to prepare the 3rd Italo-Turkish intergovernmental summit to be held in Istanbul on 17 January. Their talks will touch on principal European concerns, such as the enlargement process and EU-Turkish relations within […]

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26 November 2013
Italy-Russia – Bonino-Lavrov: pleased with progress on Syria and Iran

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino and her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met today in the margins of the intergovernmental economic summit, held in Trieste, to discuss principal international concerns such as the Iranian nuclear programme and the Syrian crisis. Syria: widening the conference stage The two ministers judged as favourable the decision to set […]

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25 November 2013
Italy-Russia – Bonino: Moscow key partner for Italy, needs to be for EU

A key partner and leading actor in a frank and constructive relationship that also embraces points of divergence and differences in political priorities, cited Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, who spoke at the Italo-Russia Media Forum today, organised at the foreign ministry in Rome on the eve of the intergovernmental summit to be held […]

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