Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova, on a trip to Asia that includes stops in Singapore, Palau and Hong Kong
Under-Sectretary Benedetto Della Vedova will be in Singapore for a presentation of the Italian EU Presidency programme organised by the European Union Centre and the Embassy of Italy, with the support of the Delegation of the European Union. He will then visit the Singapore Port Authority to explore infrastructure projects of interest Italy. On Tuesday […]
Read moreMideast: Mogherini-Zarif meeting
The dramatic situation in Gaza was the focus of a telephone meeting Minister Federica Mogherini held with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on his request, during which the two ministers agreed on the need to put an end to the loss of human lives in Gaza and Israel, and to renew the ceasefire and […]
Read moreLibya: Over 100 Italians already transferred out
With the situation worsening in Libya, some days ago the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, called for a plan for the defence of Italian nationals in the areas most at risk. Through our embassy and the Crisis Unit, the foreign ministry had already begun monitoring Italians there, and in recent days encouraged the protected […]
Read moreIraq elections: Deputy Minister Pistelli’s congratulations
“In the name of the Italian government, I extend my congratulations to the Iraqi people on the recent election of president Fouad Masum, speaker of the Parliament Salim Al-Jubouri and his deputies, to whom I offer my best wishes in their new and important posts”, declared Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, who is scheduled to […]
Read moreItalia-Ungheria: precisazioni su notizie stampa
In relazione a una lettera dell’Anti Defamation League al ministro degli Affari esteri Federica Mogherini, di cui riferisce oggi un quotidiano, il servizio stampa della Farnesina conferma che non è arrivata al ministero degli Esteri alcuna richiesta di gradimento per la sostituzione dell’attuale ambasciatore di Ungheria a Roma, giunto alla fine della sua missione in […]
Read moreM.O: Mogherini, strage scuola Onu scuote coscienze. Subito cessate il fuoco
The attack on the United Nations school in Beit Hanun is on everyone’s conscience and must convince the parties to the Gaza conflict to call an immediate ceasefire. The call came from Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini in the margins of a visit to Pristina, Kosovo. “This tragedy shows once again how urgent it […]
Read moreLibano: Mogherini, grazie a Serra e buon lavoro a Portolano. Orgogliosi di Unifil
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini sent her best wishes for the task ahead to General Luciano Portolano, who today takes over the command of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. “We are proud to be leading, for the third time, a mission that has made and continues to make an incisive contribution to the stabilisation of […]
Read moreIUnder-Secretary Della Vedova chairs 11th EU – FYROM Association Council
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova chaired the 11th European Union-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Association Council in the place of High Representative Catherine Ashton. The plenary session, attended also by the representatives of several Member States, was followed by a closed session with Commissioner Fuele, the Council Secretariat and FYROM Foreign Minister […]
Read moreUkraine: Mogherini meets with Klimkin
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini held a bilateral meeting this morning in Brussels with her Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Kimklin, with whom she also met two weeks ago in Kiev. Mogherini exchanged views with Klimkin on the latest developments in the crisis in eastern Ukraine following the Malaysia Airlines tragedy. She renewed her firm condemnation […]
Read moreMidEast: Mogherini speaks with Blair and Hammond
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini discussed the situation in the Middle East today with Tony Blair and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. Mogherini spoke by telephone with the Middle East Quartet envoy about his recent tour of the region. With Hammond, who is about to leave for Israel, the minister held a bilateral meeting […]
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