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Interviews

14 June 2015

Gentiloni: “The nay-saying countries are short-sighted” (La Stampa)

“All of this reluctance to accept the European Commission’s immigration plan seems short-sighted to me”. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has always taken a cautious approach and avoided any show of triumphalism even when – in mid-May – Italy could have claimed the transformation of the immigration dossier into a shared, European dossier, as a national […]

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Press Releases

10 June 2015

Communiqué for Libya meeting in Berlin – June 10th

1) Senior officials of the Governments of China, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America as well as of the EU met today in Berlin with the Libyan delegates to the UN-led Political Dialogue and in the presence of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Bernardino […]

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In detail

10 June 2015

Denmark – Italian cuisine for diabetes

Italy stepped in on behalf of diabetes sufferers in Denmark. Our embassy in Copenhagen, in agreement with the Steno Diabetes Center, presented a set of Italian cooking lessons in the residence of Ambassador Stefano Queirolo Palmas, featuring two chefs teaching disease sufferers how to prepare tasty carbohydrate-balanced meals. Apart from offering support to the country’s […]

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Press Releases

10 June 2015

Italy-Poland: Della Vedova in Warsaw today and tomorrow

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova will be in Poland today and tomorrow with a view to developing what are already excellent bilateral political and economic relations between Roma and Warsaw and as a follow up to Minister Gentiloni’s visit of 6 May last.The under-secretary will meet with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]

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Press Releases

28 May 2015

Gentiloni meets his Swiss counterpart, Didier Burkhalter

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met his Swiss counterpart, Didier Burkhalter, in Berne today, 28 May 2015. During their cordial, in-depth discussion the ministers reviewed the excellent state of bilateral relations. Evidence of this is the signing in February 2015 of the agreement on financial and fiscal questions and the […]

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Interviews

28 May 2015

Gentiloni – “Migrants: the future of the EU is at stake” (Avvenire)

“It’s a good start. But now the delicate negotiations are starting – negotiations that are complex and full of unknowns”. After a night of talks and contacts with Europe, Paolo Gentiloni is opting for realism. “The European Commission’s proposal on immigration should not be taken for a final decision. It’s a positive step, it establishes […]

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Interviews

27 May 2015

“From Syria to Iraq to Libya, Russia is crucial”, says Gentiloni

Spain is heading towards the indignado populism of Podemos; Poland has elected Andrzej Duda, an ultra-nationalist who hates Brussels perhaps even more than he hates Moscow, Greece is on the brink of leaving the single currency; and Great Britain is planning for its departure from the European Union. Is populism consuming the European project and […]

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Press Releases

26 May 2015

Gentiloni: Meeting with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, at the Farnesina today, 26 May 2015. The meeting was an opportunity to reiterate Italy’s full support for the Minsk Agreements. “We are convinced that the military option is not practicable and that there are […]

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Press Releases

21 May 2015

Italy-Ukraine: Under-Secretary Della Vedova in Kiev

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova made a visit to Kiev on 19 and 20 May. His meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Natalia Galibarenko, whose participants included representatives of the Ukraine agriculture and energy ministries and of the state agency for energy savings and efficiency, focused on the preparations for […]

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Interviews

20 May 2015

Gentiloni: «Egoists those who reneg on migrant quotas» (Il Messaggero)

Minister Paolo Gentiloni, we have Europe’s “yes” on the naval expedition, but also a “no” from some countries to the obligatory quota system for asylum seekers. As foreign minister, what’s your view? «Positive, about the decisions taken. The mission urged by Premier Renzi and ruled on by the European Council of 23 April was set […]

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Interviews

16 May 2015

Gentiloni: “Targeted incursions and naval actions for the EU mission in Libya” (Corriere della Sera)

“Targeted incursions and naval actions for the EU Mission in Libya” by Paolo Valentin Mr. Minister, how is the EU mission against the traffickers to act? “The European Council’s final statement clearly indicates the goal:  “undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and destroy vessels before they are used by traffickers”. The foreign ministry does not […]

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12 May 2015

Italy-Moldavia: Under-Secretary Della Vedova in Chisinau

On a visit to Chisinau Moldavia on 11 and 12 May, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova met with Moldavia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Natalia Gherman, Minister for the Interior Oleg Balan, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrei Galbur and Deputy Minister […]

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