{"id":18979,"date":"2012-09-12T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T13:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2012\/09\/20120912_libccmb-2\/"},"modified":"2012-09-12T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T13:36:13","slug":"20120912_libccmb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/approfondimenti\/2012\/09\/20120912_libccmb\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya \u2013 US Ambassador killed. A horrific and dreadful deed, says Terzi. Tripoli must investigate promptly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>\u201cHorror and indignation\u201d. This was the initial reaction of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi on hearing of the killing of the US Ambassador in Libya, Chris Stevens, and his three colleagues during an attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi. \u201cI wish to offer my heartfelt condolences to the USA\u201d, said Terzi during his mission to Malta. The Minister added that Italy \u201ccondemns most firmly this terrible attack which must be investigated in full as soon as possible.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>My thoughts go out to the families of the victims of a dreadful act that has struck the people engag<A name=_GoBack><\/A>ed in a front line role in restoring hope and support to a people who wish to build their own future of freedom and democracy\u201d.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>The political process will not be halted<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Terzi sent a message to the American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing his \u201cdismay and deep sadness\u201d over the death of Chris Stevens and his colleagues in this \u201ccowardly attack\u201d. In his own name and that of the Italian Government, he offered his heartfelt condolences. <\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Stevens made a highly important contribution<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>\u201cIn recent months\u201d, commented Terzi, \u201cwe have all appreciated the notable professional and human qualities of Ambassador Stevens, with whom we established a close and fruitful collaboration right from the start of the Libyan crisis. With his sensitivity and his deep knowledge of Libya and the Maghreb, Ambassador Stevens made a highly important contribution to the success of the rebellion against the Gaddafi regime and the new Libya\u2019s democratic stabilisation process.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>\u201cItaly\u2019s firm intention is to insist with the authorities in Tripoli\u201d, added Terzi. \u201cWe also wish to offer, if necessary, every possible help to ensure that all the facts are brought to light and that those responsible for this brutal crime against the US mission in Benghazi are brought to justice\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHorror and indignation\u201d. This was the initial reaction of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi on hearing of the killing of the US Ambassador in Libya, Chris Stevens, and his three colleagues during an attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi. \u201cI wish to offer my heartfelt condolences to the USA\u201d, said Terzi during his mission to [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[397,6,76,404],"class_list":["post-18979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-america-settentrionale","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-ministri-precedenti","tag-sicurezza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18979","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=18979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}