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Press Releases
2 September 2015
Gentiloni: Italy, Germany and France jointly address immigration

In reaction to the worsening migration tragedy of recent days, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Paolo Gentiloni, Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and France, Laurent Fabius have drafted a broad-based document calling for a strong European response to the crisis. The highly detailed document underscores how, in the light of the limitations and inadequacies of […]

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Interviews
29 August 2015
The unending migration tragedy – Gentiloni: “Now Europe knows”

Interview with the minister: common rules on asylum and repatriation. White House: EU must stop traffickers “The horror of the lorry has convinced hawks, Europe has understood this is everyone’s tragedy”  Paolo Gentiloni, Minister for Foreign Affairs: “The tragedy of Austria is proof that the migration emergency is not ours alone. Members must not be […]

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In detail
28 August 2015
Slovakia: The “Frecce Tricolori” perform at the “Siaf” Festival

After their great success in 2012, the “Frecco Tricolori” return to Slovakia. Our flying fleet’s Aermacchi MB-339s will be the guest of honour at the country’s most prominent air event: the Slovak International Air Fest (Siaf), dedicated this year to the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This year’s edition will […]

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In detail
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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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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