Under-Secretary Dassu’ meets with Colombian Trade Minister Sergio Diaz Granados Guida
Under-Secretary Dassù met today at the Headquarters of Unioncamere with Colombian Trade Minister Sergio Diaz Granados Guida, on the occasion of the “Country Presidentation: Colombia” organised by the Foreign Ministry, Unioncamere and Confindustria, in collaboration with the Embassy of Colombia.The meeting offered an opportunity to review the excellent status of relations between Italy and Colombia, […]
Read moreMinister Terzi hails election of Cuno Tarfusser as Vice President of the International Criminal Court
Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his satisfaction with the election of Italian judge Cuno Tarfusser as Vice President of the International Criminal Court yesterday in The Hague. Vice President Tarfusser was elected after a three-year mandate as Judge in the Pre-Trial Division of the same ICC. This acknowledgement of the Italian magistrate’s accomplishments […]
Read moreColloquio tra il Ministro Terzi e il suo omologo britannico, William Hague, sull’operazione per la liberazione degli ostaggi in Nigeria
Il Ministro degli Esteri, Giulio Terzi, e il Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Esteri e del Commonwealth, William Hague, hanno avuto oggi un colloquio in occasione della riunione informale dei Ministri degli Esteri dell’ UE a Copenaghen. I due Ministri hanno discusso della recente operazione per la liberazione degli ostaggi in Nigeria, facendo seguito […]
Read moreMinister Terzi welcomes the release of the 8 Italian consultants held in Egypt
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has welcomed the positive conclusion of the case concerning 8 Italian consultants working with the Egyptian industrial group “Cleopatra”. The consultants had been held in the Group’s Ain Sokha factory during an industrial relations dispute. “Our diplomatic mission in the Egyptian capital took immediate action, in liaison with the Ministry’s Crisis […]
Read moreItaly’s commitment to protect and promote women’s rights
“I wish, in the name of the men and women of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to restate the Ministry’s complete and utter commitment to protecting and promoting the rights of women throughout the world”. Speaking was Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, on the eve of International Women’s Day. “Sadly, we have to acknowledge that today, […]
Read moreMeeting between Minister Terzi and his Austrian counterpart, Michael Spindelegger
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi met his Austrian counterpart, Michael Spindelegger, at the foreign ministry today, 7 March 2012. Their meeting was an important opportunity to resume and step up contacts between Rome and Vienna, nearly 3 years on from the Austrian Foreign Minister’s last visit to Italy. On Europe, Terzi and Spindelegger were in full […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary Marta Dassù meets the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, Victor Mayko
The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Marta Dassù, met the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, Victor Mayko, at the Foreign Ministry in Rome today. The meeting was an opportunity to renew the political-level contacts envisaged by the 2008 agreement on political consultations between the two Ministries. The key aspects of bilateral cooperation in the economic-commercial and political […]
Read moreMinister Terzi summons the Indian Ambassador to Rome to the Foreign Ministry
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi summoned the Indian Ambassador to Rome, Debrabata Saha, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, 6 March 2012. Minister Terzi was acting in the name of the Italian Government to protest against the conduct of the Indian authorities with respect to the two Italian military held in Trivandrum following the events […]
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On Minister Giulio Terzi’s instructions, Secretary-General Giampiero Massolo conveyed the Italian government’s deep concern to the Indian chargé d’affaires in Rome, Saurabh Kumar, over the Kollam court’s decision to place Marshall Massimiliano Latorre and Sergeant Salvatore Girone under the custody of the Trivandrum prison, effective immediately. Defining such measures as unacceptable, considering the status of […]
Read moreMinister Terzi applauds approval of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Syria
“We fully identify with this firm condemnation of the Syrian regime’s unacceptable and spreading human rights violations, and with the emphasis placed on the dramatic humanitarian crisis that is the painful consequence of that repression”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s statement following approval in Geneva of a UN Human Rights Council resolution […]
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