The Syrian crisis and its repercussions in Lebanon and Iraq, the Southern Neighbourhood, and Ukraine are among the main topics on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting of EU foreign ministers today in Brussels. Minister Emma Bonino will outline Italy\u2019s position on the various items on the table, and will also reintroduce the question of the marines, in order to voice Italy\u2019s disappointment at India\u2019s decision to invoke the anti-terrorism act as the foundation for its case against the two Italian sharpshooters.<\/P>
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Marines: terrorism an unreasonable charge, says Bonino<\/STRONG><\/STRONG><\/P> The Indian prosecutor\u2019s request to try the marines on the basis of the anti-terrorism act is \u201cabsolutely unacceptable\u201d and is tantamount to calling \u201cItaly a terrorist country\u201d, Bonino stated, expressing the hope that a week from now the Indian Supreme Court, which must rule on this, \u201cwill realise the total unacceptability and unreasonableness of this charge\u201d. \u201cThe marines are not terrorists\u201d, but rather \u201cwere officials in the process of rendering service. We have therefore vehemently protested this position\u201d, and \u201cit is unthinkable\u201d to consider \u201ca country about to assume the presidency of the European Union a few months from now\u201d a terrorist. <\/P> Ukraine<\/STRONG>: maintaining control<\/STRONG><\/STRONG><\/P> Among the other agenda items at the Brussels meeting are EU-Russian relations, on which Bonino considers it necessary to launch a technical dialogue on the effects of Association Agreements with the Eastern Partnership on the Russian economy. Ukraine: Italy wishes to avoid things spinning out of hand, keeping requests for sanctions and financial assistance outside the existing framework. Conclusions on Ukraine are expected.<\/P> Syria<\/STRONG>: EU mobilisation on humanitarian aid<\/STRONG><\/STRONG><\/P> Syria: It is important that the EU work toward fostering implementation of 12 concrete actions in priority areas of intervention, giving priority to humanitarian access in the areas under siege. Also necessary is an UN Security Council resolution on aid access. Lebanon: priority to International Support Group (ISG) and Italy\u2019s role in organising the next conference in support of the Lebanese armed forces (LAF), which will be hosted by Italy. <\/P> Egypt: encouraging inclusion<\/STRONG><\/STRONG><\/P> According to the minister, an exclusively security-based approach to the protests is not sustainable. It is also necessary to promote the \u201cinclusion = stability\u201d equation and encourage reforms. Iraq: Bonino will stress the importance that the government launch an inclusive political process of reconciliation (conclusions). Tunisia: Italy concerned with raising awareness on the advisability that the EU encourage the country by increasing assistance and collaboration (conclusions on Tunisia and Egypt). <\/P> Libya: political solution needed<\/STRONG><\/STRONG><\/P> Libya: needed a political solution that leads to inclusive and consensual transition. Yemen and Central African Republic: on Yemen Bonino appreciates the positive developments in the transition process, while Italy hopes that the shared costs of the EUFOR military operation are being kept under control (conclusions).<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Syrian crisis and its repercussions in Lebanon and Iraq, the Southern Neighbourhood, and Ukraine are among the main topics on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting of EU foreign ministers today in Brussels. Minister Emma Bonino will outline Italy\u2019s position on the various items on the table, and will also reintroduce […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,43,9,6,404,42],"class_list":["post-14295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-asia-e-oceania","tag-diritti-umani","tag-europa","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-sicurezza","tag-unione-europea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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