Minister Terzi meets the Hon. Pier Ferdinando Casini, the Hon. Franco Frattini and the Hon. Lapo Pistelli
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi met representatives of the majority political parties supporting the Monti Government today, 30 March 2012. Taking part in the meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were the Hon. Pier Ferdinando Casini, the Hon. Franco Frattini and the Hon. Lapo Pistelli. During their meeting Minister Terzi and the Members of Parliament […]
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi met at the Fforeign ministry in Rome today with Vice-President of the National Ssembly of Ecuador Juan Carlos Cassinelli, in Italy for a series of parliamentary diplomacy meetings and with the Ecuadoran community. With Terzi he confirmed the excellent status of bilateral relations, based on the strong bonds of […]
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Claudio Colangelo has been released. Our co-national spoke by telephone with Consul General Joel Melchiori in Bhubanesvar, reporting that he was in good health and en route with some Indian journalists who had been able to reach the location where the two Italians were being held. We immediately communicated the news to the man’s family, […]
Read moreMinister Terzi expresses condolences for the loss of an Italian soldier in Afghanistan
Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his personal grief and deep condolences for the sacrifice of an Italian soldier in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan, along with his solidarity with the families of this victim and of all the other Italian servicemen struck down in the fulfilment of their duty, on the front lines […]
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The Italian productive system’s keen interest in the vast Southeast Asian market, and the intention of the ten ASEAN member countries to generate fruitful collaborations with all country system actors by tapping into Italian excellence, was the central message that emerged from the ASEAN Awareness Forum held yesterday and today at the foreign ministry in […]
Read moreNew Italian Cultural Institute guidelines
“This is a significant result and a point of departure for future strategies”, was Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment on the new Italian Cultural Institute guildelines approved today at the foreign ministry by the National Commission for the Promotion of Italian Culture Abroad, within the general framework of the promotion of the country system. Culture, Terzi […]
Read moreMinister Terzi meets with Deputy Foreign Minister of Myanmar Myo Mynt
Minister Terzi met at the foreign ministry today with Deputy Foreign Minister of Myanmar Myo Mynt, in the first high level bilateral meeting since the Burmese government’s recent signs of greater openness to democratic procedures. Minister Terzi informed Myo Mynt of Italy’s expectation that the Burmese authorities pursue this route, specifically underscoring three fundamental steps […]
Read moreMinister Terzi on United Nations Security Council presidential statement on the Syrian crisis
“The Security Council’s presidential statement on the Syrian crisis represents progress in the pursuance of the international community’s priority objectives”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s comment on the document released by the UN today. “It is crucial that we bring the maximum unity to our efforts at stopping the violence, launching a […]
Read moreMinister Terzi meets Maltese Foreign Minister, Tonio Borg.
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi met the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Malta, Tonio Borg, at the Foreign Ministry in Rome today. Minister Borg is in Rome for the State Visit by the President of Malta, George Abela. The two Ministers reiterated the intense level of bilateral relations and Italy and Malta’s closely shared views […]
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“Racial discrimination is the negation of the very idea of civilisation. Italy is engaged on all fronts against all forms of racism, xenophobia and intolerance”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi on the International day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, celebrated today, 21 March, in memory of the Sharpeville massacre. “Italy […]
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