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19 August 2013

Bonino: «The EU and the US reduced by the Saudis in this crisis» (La Stampa)

ROME «Minister Bonino, you have a deep understanding of Egypt and its political dynamics. What is going to happen to the democratic process launched by the Arab Spring? And how will the Muslim Brotherhood react to being backed into a corner by the military? «We never laboured under the illusion that the democratic transition in […]

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5 August 2013

LONGITUDE: Egypt, ‘Back to square one’

Può l’Egitto trovare una via d’uscita dal caos? Quali le conseguenze sulla Regione di un’ “empasse” apparentemente senza sbocchi? Sono gli interrogativi ai quali il nuovo numero di “Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco, in edicola dal 5 agosto, cerca di dare una risposta, attraverso una serie di analisi. Gli altri titoli di copertina, […]

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31 July 2013

Egypt: Italy and Europe urge dialogue – for the moment no reciprocal intention to negotiate, says Bonino

Italy continues to appeal, along with the rest of Europe, for dialogue in Egypt, for the “inclusive negotiations” that are the only route to resolving the dramatic crisis; but for the moment, “there have been no serious moves toward dialogue and inclusiveness on the part of the government in power”, nor “from the other side”, […]

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30 July 2013

Egypt: Italy-EU, inclusive political negotiations Bonino briefs Parliament, Ashton mission to Cairo

There are no “alternatives” in Egypt to “serious political negotiations inclusive of all the political forces whom the leaders have allowed full freedom of movement and expression”, asserted Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, who will brief the parliament tomorrow, 31 July, on the situation in Egypt and the Middle East. Italy’s position, according to […]

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Press Releases

29 July 2013

Incontro alla Farnesina tra il Vice Ministro Dassù e il Ministro francese Thierry Repentin.

Il Vice Ministro Dassù ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Ministro francese Thierry Repentin, delegato agli Affari Europei, anche in vista del Vertice italo-francese del 20 novembre a Roma. Al centro dei colloqui i temi delle relazioni esterne dell’Unione Europea, dalla Politica Europea di Vicinato, con particolare attenzione alle priorità dell’area mediterranea, all’allargamento verso i […]

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29 July 2013

Incontro alla Farnesina tra il Vice Ministro Dassù e il Ministro francese Thierry Repentin.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dassù met today in Rome with French Minister for European Affairs Thierry Repentin, not least in anticipation of the Italo-French summit scheduled for 20 November in Rome. Their discussions included the European Union’s external relations, European Neighbourhood Policy – with a particular focus on Mediterranean priorities – enlargement to the Western Balkans […]

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24 July 2013

Minister Bonino meets the Cypriot Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides.

European issues – including the follow-up to the June European Council – bilateral relations and the situation in Syria. These were the topics on the agenda for Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s discussions at the Farnesina today with her Cypriot colleague, Ioannis Kasoulides At EU level, the two ministers viewed measures to combat unemployment, especially among […]

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24 July 2013

Deputy Minister Marta Dassù meets her Belarusian counterpart, Alena Kupchyna

In the wake of Belarus’s participation in the EU Ministerial held in Brussels on 22 July to discus, inter alia, the Eastern Partnership, Deputy Minister Marta Dassù has met her Belarusian counterpart, Alena Kupchyna, in Rome. Deputy Minister Kupchyna’s visit to Rome comes at the end of a mission to several other European capitals. Their […]

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22 July 2013

Dichiarazione Ministro Bonino da Bruxelles

Non e’ un segreto che le ultime riunioni del Consiglio Affari Esteri dell’UE abbiano esposto delle divisioni su questioni importanti che riguardano gli sviluppi della regione. Sono situazioni complesse, in cui delle divergenze di analisi non sono da escludere a priori. Ma c’era oggi un sentimento comune che dobbiamo recuperare, quello della collegialità nelle decisioni, […]

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22 July 2013

Dichiarazione Ministro Bonino da Bruxelles

It is no secret that the latest meetings of the EU Foreign Affairs Council have revealed divisions on major issues concerning development in the region. These are complex situations, analysis of which cannot rule out divergence a priori. But today there was a common feeling that we are going to have to recuperate a collegiality […]

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22 July 2013

Bonino at EU Foreign Affairs Council – Egypt, Middle East and Syria on the agenda

Egypt, human rights, the peace process and Syria are the main items on the Foreign Affairs Council agenda in Brussels. In her introductory considerations, High Representative Catherine Ashton will be speaking briefly about Myanmar (adoption of the conclusions with a framework document on relations with the EU is expected), “water diplomacy” (conclusions expected also on […]

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21 July 2013

Minister Bonino pleased with announcement by Secretary of State Kerry of the launch of talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said she was “very pleased” at the announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Kerry that talks between Israelis and Palestinians would take place in Washington aimed at a negotiated solution and a final end to the conflict. The minister expressed “gratitude” to Secretary of State Kerry for the “determination and personal […]

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