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Unione Europea

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23 March 2012
Consiglio Affari Esteri

Italy will continue to support Serbia in its EU accession process, after our endeavours to help it obtain candidate status. This was Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s message in a meeting with the Serbian Foreign Minister, Vuk Jeremic, which took place today in Brussels before the EU Foreign Ministers’ Council. Jeremic thanked Italy for its strong […]

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23 March 2012
10.30 hours – Servicemen: I’ll be discussing the EU contacts with the High Representative today. The question must be resolved without delay

Minister Giulio Terzi, in Brussels today for the EU Foreign Ministers’ Council, said he would be reviewing, with the EU’s High Representative, Catherine Ashton, the EU contacts in India on the question of the Italian servicemen. Terzi also said that “the contacts that have taken place so far are giving the Indians too the impression […]

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Press Releases
21 March 2012
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“Racial discrimination is the negation of the very idea of civilisation. Italy is engaged on all fronts against all forms of racism, xenophobia and intolerance”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi on the International day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, celebrated today, 21 March, in memory of the Sharpeville massacre. “Italy […]

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21 March 2012
Europe: The goal is greater integration, says Terzi

Starting with what have been defined as “the lessons” to be learned from the financial crisis that has swept Europe, 7 European ministers visited Berlin at the invitation of German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, to discuss the “strategic goals” of the European integration project. The Foreign Ministers of Italy, Giulio Terzi, and of Austria, Belgium, […]

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20 March 2012
Servicemen – ruling on jurisdiction postponed, but Italy insists it’s ours

The Indian court’s decision on jurisdiction in the case of two Italian servicemen will have to wait another week, but Italy insists that jurisdiction is ours. At the end of the High Court debate on Italy’s request, legal sources reported that the judge had reserved the right to pronounce his ruling next week, while the […]

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19 March 2012
India: Terzi to Krishna, priority the safety of hostages

Any initiative undertaken by the Indian authorities must have the “priority objective of ensuring the hostages’ safety”. This was Minister Terzi’s request of his Indian colleague S.M. Krishna in the course of a telephone conversation concerning the case of the two Italian tourists abducted in Orissa. During the conversation Minister Krishna updated Terzi on the […]

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Speeches
19 March 2012
Intervento del Ministro Terzi all’inaugurazione dell’Anno Accademico Università degli Studi di Bergamo

“Stati Uniti, Unione Europea e Paesi emergenti: nuovi equilibri economici e di sicurezza” (fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Magnifico Rettore,Signor Presidente della Regione,Signor Sindaco, Signor Presidente della Provincia, Signor Comandante dell’Accademia della Guardia di Finanza,Signor Presidente della Conferenza dei Rettori,Chiarissimi Professori e cari studenti,Signore e Signori,sono molto lieto di essere in questa prestigiosa […]

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Press Releases
16 March 2012
Minister Terzi concerned over armed Ethiopian attack on Eritrean soil

The foreign ministry is monitoring reports of an armed Ethiopian attack on Eritrean soil with deep concern, and firmly condemns all recourse to violence as a means for resolving disputes. Italy has launched a strong appeal to the parties concerned to abstain from the further use of measures that violate the fundamental principles of international […]

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15 March 2012
Italy-Spain: Dassù in Madrid to revive bilateral and European cooperationeuropea (in translation)

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù’s mission to Madrid sought mainly to revive cooperation between Italy and Spain on questions concerning the EU and Latin America “after a year of sparse relations owing to respective domestic affairs”, and with “the new period of intense bilateral contacts” that began with the February summit between Premiers Mario […]

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15 March 2012
MARINES “ABDUCTED”: “Committed to bringing them home”

In Minister Giulio Terzi’s report to the Lower House, following that of the Upper House, he informed the parliament on the government’s line of action in incidents in Nigeria and India and, more in general, with regard to all Italians still being held by kidnappers: “transparency” on the procedures the government intends to adopt and […]

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