Concern over the Israeli authorities’ decision to build 430 new homes in the occupied West Bank
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is deeply concerned over the Israeli authorities’ decision to build 430 new homes in the occupied West Bank. This decision further complicates the efforts to kick-start the negotiations. It also appears to be in contradiction with the Israeli Government’s repeated intention to achieve a peace based on […]
Read moreGentiloni: Solidarity and support for the Egyptian government and people in the fight against terrorism
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni strongly condemned yesterday’s terrorist attacks in the North Sinai Governorate that resulted in numerous dead and wounded. “I wish to extend my condolences to the families of the victims and to the Egyptian people as a whole, and to confirm Italy’s full support for the Egyptian […]
Read moreGentiloni urges stop to violence and military action in southern Lebanon. Phone calls with Commander Portolano and Minister Margallo
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni spoke by telephone with UNIFIL Commander General Luciano Portolano. Minister Gentiloni received updated information on the clashes that had continued since late morning in the eastern section of the UNIFIL mission’s operating area, and during which one Spanish Blue Helmet lost his life. “In expressing its […]
Read moreTripoli attack: joint statement on Libya by the governments of France, Germany, Italy, Malta, United Kingdom, Spain and the United States
“The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States strongly condemn the attack this morning on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya. We express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. We reject such appalling acts of terrorism, which should not be allowed to undermine Libya’s political […]
Read moreGentiloni: Remembrance Day, Italy strong in fight against anti-Semitism and religious intolerance
“The Holocaust Remembrance Day is an important recurrence and one deeply felt by Italians”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. “Our law of 2000 establishing a Holocaust Remembrance Day was five years ahead of the UN General Assembly’s declaration proclaiming 27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day”, Gentiloni pointed out. “Italy supported […]
Read moreGentiloni: stop Donets Basin separatist attacks
“I am deeply concerned over the dramatic escalation of the violence in Ukraine over recent days, and firmly condemn the indiscriminate separatist attacks that have caused the death of numerous civilians in recent clashes in Mariupol and the Donets Basin”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni. “There has to be a […]
Read moreGentiloni and Kishida speak on telephone about the threat of international terrorism
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received a phone call today from the Japanese Foreign Minister, Fumio Kishida, for a consultation on the threat of international terrorism. Gentiloni extended full solidarity for the two Japanese citizens kidnapped in Syria. He also expressed his appreciation of the 200 million euro allocated by […]
Read moreRemembrance Day: Speaker Grasso to attend commemoration ceremony at Auschwitz
In exercising the functions of the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Senate, Senator Pietro Grasso, will take part in the ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Sen. Benedetto della Vedova, will represent the Italian Government at the ceremony, which […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary Mario Giro meets Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Edward Fast
Under-Secretary Mario Giro met Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Edward Fast, today 21 January 2015. Minister Fast is in Rome before heading to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos. Topics for today’s meeting included growing economic and commercial relations; common interests in the field of science, technology and energy; and the prospects and opportunities […]
Read moreItaly-Argentina: agreement signed for repayment of sovereign debt by Argentina
Italy and Argentina signed a bilateral agreement yesterday, 19 January 2015, on the repayment to Italy of about 450 million euro in commercial and aid credits. The agreement was signed by Argentina’s Minister for the Economy and Finance, Axel Kicillof, and the Ambassador of Italy in Buenos Aires, Teresa Castaldo. The agreement, which implements the […]
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