Well, good morning, everyone. I first want to thank the Heritage Foundation and its president, Kay Coles James. Thank you for hosting me today. First as a private citizen and then as a member of Congress, and even today, the Heritage Foundation has shaped my thinking on matters of the world and public policy issues. ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 22 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Secretary Mike Pompeo
| Tags: Iran
As we observe National Police Week in the United States we seek to highlight the U.S. partnership with Italy’s Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU). Created in 2005, this is a joint effort to improve the quality and capability of formed police units (FPUs) deploying to United Nations (UN) and regional peace operations. ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 16 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: COESPU
Good evening everyone, and welcome to Villa Taverna. It is a great pleasure to honor the American Academy in Rome and the women and men who contribute to galvanizing the Academy’s position as one of the most prominent cultural institutions not only in Rome, but in Europe. I’d especially like to welcome the Academy’s President Mark Robbins ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 19 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News
| Tags: American Academy
THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, a short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway. We thank them both. Tonight, I ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 13 April, 2018 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: Syria
Good evening. Dennis, Hugo, alumni of the Young Leaders program, Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Villa Taverna. It’s a pleasure for us to host you at Villa Taverna this evening. I’ve enjoyed meeting you all, and I can really see what a significant role the Young Leaders program of the Council for the United States ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 28 March, 2018 | Topics:
Alumni, Ambassador, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Alumni, Young Leaders
Ambassador Eisenberg participated in a roundtable discussion on international cybersecurity cooperation along with UK Ambassador Jill Morris. Ambassador Eisenberg highlighted cooperation to address cybercrime, strengthen cybersecurity, and encourage responsible behavior in cyber space. He emphasized the collaborative work the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security carry out ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 21 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Cybersecurity
Most Excellent Captains Regent, Mr. Secretary, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my great pleasure to be here in the UNESCO World Heritage city of San Marino. Mr. Secretary, thank you for your words of welcome and friendship. The "Most Serene Republic" of San Marino is rightly proud to be regarded as the oldest surviving constitutional ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News
| Tags: Republic of San Marino
Minister, thank you very much for the opportunity to meet. I am very pleased to be in your country, which I understand is the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world. I am also pleased to know that as many as 10 percent of your country's population is made up of American ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News
| Tags: Republic of San Marino
My purpose in coming here to Rome is to reaffirm, as the President said, the importance of the relationship between the United States and Italy. We have millions of my fellow Americans who trace their ancestry to Italy, we have four million or more Americans who visit Italy every year, a million or more Italians ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 19 February, 2018 | Topics:
News, Overseas Security Advisory Council, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Deputy Secretary Sullivan
The United States and Italy have much in common, not just the creativity of the people, but also in the way that we are organized. Small and medium-sized enterprises are at the core of our business culture, and we both value entrepreneurship and innovation. Italy’s growth and prosperity is important to the United States, because ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 7 February, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Economic Affairs, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Aspen, economic
Through the Treaty’s verification regime, which includes short-notice, on-site inspections at New START Treaty-related bases and facilities, the United States is able to verify information about the strategic nuclear arsenal of the Russian Federation. The verification regime provides both countries insight into each other’s strategic nuclear delivery systems, warheads, and facilities.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 5 February, 2018 | Topics:
News
| Tags: Nuclear, START TREATY
Thank you to everyone for joining us today. I would like to thank Cesare Sirignano of the Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office for his crucial collaboration in helping to convene this meeting today. I would also like to thank Joel Maybury and Mark Carlson of the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 1 February, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Trafficking in Person
Here tonight are two fathers and two mothers: Evelyn Rodriguez, Freddy Cuevas, Elizabeth Alvarado, and Robert Mickens. Their two teenage daughters — Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens — were close friends on Long Island. But in September 2016, on the eve of Nisa’s 16th Birthday, neither of them came home. These two precious girls were ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 30 January, 2018 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: SOTU 2018
This conference is a particularly appropriate follow-up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As President Trump said: “Every generation must learn and apply the lessons of the Holocaust. We will stamp out prejudice. We will condemn hatred. We will bear witness and we will act.” Absent action, the sacred pledge of “Never again” can become empty ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 29 January, 2018 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Anti-Semitism, human rights, religious freedom
Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to be here with you tonight. I arrived in Italy just a few months ago. And in the very short time that I have been here, I have felt the warm welcome of the Italian people everywhere I have gone. Italy is really beginning to feel like home. I ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 13 December, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News
| Tags: Amerigo; Media Award;
On an unseasonably warm November 30, President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participated in the 95th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting. With the White House’s south facade as the backdrop, spectators gathered on the Ellipse at President’s Park to watch musical performances from groups such as the Beach Boys and listen to ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 1 December, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: Christmas Tree Lighting
Saluto con piacere e ringrazio per la loro presenza Mirta Michilli, direttrice della Fondazione a cui tra breve passerò la parola, Paola Andreozzi da Microsoft (TBC), e Donatella Solda dal Ministero dell’Università, Istruzione e Ricerca. Desidero anche rivolgere un saluto e un ringraziamento all’Università di Roma La Sapienza, al Politecnico di Milano, all’Università di Salerno ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 11 October, 2017 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, News
| Tags: Coding Girls
On September 27 and 28, Singularity University held its first Summit in Italy. The two-day event took place at Stella Polare (Rho Fiera) in Milan, and drew over 1,000 participants to hear twenty presentations on the latest developments in exponential technologies. Topics included the disruptive and converging fields of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Genomics, Biotechnology, Blockchain, ...
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By U.S. Consulate General Milan | 27 September, 2017 | Topics:
Consulate General Milan, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Milan
As always, it is a pleasure to be here at the Centro Studi Americani. I would like to begin my brief remarks by congratulating Professor Sergio Fabbrini on his latest accomplishment: the publication of his 15 th book: Sdoppiamento – Una prospettiva nuova per l’Europa. I am pleased that Professor Fabbrini chose Centro Studi Americani ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 14 September, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: CSA
Today we remember the victims of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, and honor the heroes who valiantly saved many lives that day, even sacrificing their own. Their courage on that day remains an example of the character of the American people in the face of evil. Though our country was wounded that day, ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 11 September, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: 9/11
Sixteen years have passed since the terrible events of September 11, 2001. For many of us, the brutal deaths of nearly three thousand people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania marked a moment of stark awakening, when terrorism became far too real. In an instant, the lives of ordinary ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 11 September, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, News, U.S. & Italy
Throughout history, everyday Americans and first responders have done the extraordinary through selfless acts of patriotism, compassion, and uncommon courage. Not just in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, but across our great Nation, Americans on September 11, 2001, bound themselves together for the common good, saying with one voice that we will be neither scared ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 11 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: Patriot Day 2017
I want to thank you, Secretary Mattis, General Dunford, members of the Cabinet, members of the Armed Forces, first responders, and most importantly, to the families and to the survivors: It’s an honor to join you on this very, very solemn occasion. This is an occasion that is extraordinary, and it will always be extraordinary. ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 11 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: 9/11
President Donald J. Trump announced the Summit during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House on June 26, 2017. The theme of GES this year is Women First, Prosperity for All, which highlights that when women do better, countries do better. GES 2017 will create an environment that empowers innovators, ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 11 August, 2017 | Topics:
Business, News
| Tags: Entrepreneurship
First, I want to thank the Italian and American civilian and military representatives who are here with us tonight. We honor your service and dedication to country and people. It’s a special honor for me to welcome this evening the Prefect of Naples Carmela Pagano, the Mayor of Naples Luigi De Magistris, as well as ...
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By U.S. Consulate General Naples | 6 July, 2017 | Topics:
Consul General, Consulate General Naples, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Independence Day 2017, Naples
As organized military efforts to defeat ISIS on the ground in Syria continue, the United States and our partners in the Coalition to Defeat ISIS are committed to ensuring that civilians from recently liberated areas can begin the process of returning home and rebuilding their lives. Actors in Syria must remember that our fight is ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 5 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Syria
I am only one in a long chain of Consuls General who have served our country from Florence, and all of us leave a piece of ourselves here when we go. This city, which over hundreds of years has generated international dialogue, revolutionary art, and controversial philosophy, inspires us all. If I had to pick ...
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By U.S. Consulate General Florence | 3 July, 2017 | Topics:
Consul General, Consulate General Florence, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Florence, Independence Day 2017
On Wednesday, June 21, the Embassy received a delegation from the PRO Football Hall of Fame during their visit to Rome and the Vatican City. The delegation included Jerry Jones, the longtime owner of the Dallas Cowboys, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in August, as well as six current members of ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 21 June, 2017 | Topics:
Events, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Golden Jackets, Hall of Fame
On June 20, Chargé d'Affaires Kelly Degnan welcomed 80 guests to the Embassy’s Iftar reception, including second-generation Italian Muslims, alumni of exchange programs, imams, members of the diplomatic corps from Muslim-majority nations, and NGO representatives active in promoting interfaith and intercultural dialogue. In her remarks, the Chargé highlighted the long history of the U.S. as ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 20 June, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, News
| Tags: Iftar Dinner
In recognition of LGBTI Month, the Department of State affirms its solidarity with the human rights defenders and civil society organizations working around the world to uphold the fundamental freedoms of LGBTI persons to live with dignity and freedom. We also recognize that LGBTI persons continue to face the threat of violence and discrimination. Violence ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 7 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: LGBT
The United States and Italy are strong partners, Allies, and friends. Throughout America’s history, Italian-Americans have enriched our communities by sharing their cultural heritage. This deep and enduring friendship, founded on mutual respect, trust, and affection is not one we take for granted. Rather, it is one we rekindle and strengthen every time we come ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 2 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Italian Republic National Day
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, and begin negotiations to either re-enter or negotiate an entirely new agreement with more favorable terms for the United States. The decision is a fulfillment of the promise President Trump made to the American people during his campaign. ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 1 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: Climate
In my meetings at the G7, we have taken historic steps to demand fair and reciprocal trade that gives Americans a level playing field against other nations. We’re also working very hard for peace in the Middle East, and perhaps even peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Our attacks on terrorism are greatly stepped ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 1 June, 2017 | Topics:
Environment, News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: Climate
Since the first day of this administration, President Donald Trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the American people. President Trump has been reforming healthcare, enforcing our laws, ending illegal immigration, rebuilding our military. And this President has been rolling back excessive regulations and unfair trade practices that were ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 1 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence
| Tags: Climate
On Monday, May 29, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States in Italy and San Marino Kelly C. Degnan, Italian for Defense Domenico Rossi, and Commander U.S. Army Europe Lieutenant General Ben Hodges delivered remarks at the Memorial Day ceremony which took place at the Florence American Military Cemetery. Together, they also laid wreaths at the ...
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By U.S. Consulate General Florence | 29 May, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Consul General, Consulate General Florence, News
| Tags: Florence, Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and our citizens' desire to honor our fallen heroes by decorating their graves with flowers, and later our flag. We continue that ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 27 May, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: Memorial Day
And I'm trying to figure out who’s in that helicopter that is coming in. It may be Prime Minister Abe. It may be Justin from Canada. Great people. We made a lot of good friends this week, I'll tell you, a lot of good friends. They’re good people. America is very blessed with a lot ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 27 May, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: g7italy, g7summit
“My visit to Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital today was very moving. To spend time speaking to and coloring with children who have such a positive spirit despite illness was an amazing gift," stated First Lady Melania Trump. "The time I spent with the little ones in the Intensive Care Unit is something I will never ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 24 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Bambino Gesu, First Lady
The Pope and the President discussed how religious communities can combat human suffering in crisis regions, such as Syria, Libya, and ISIS-controlled territory. The President affirmed that the United States and the Holy See share many fundamental values and seek to engage globally to promote human rights, combat human suffering, and protect religious freedom.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 24 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Vatican
President Donald J. Trump today held meetings with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. The leaders discussed the alliance between the United States and Italy, as well as priorities in the areas of defense cooperation, counterterrorism, and efforts to deny terrorists safe havens from Mali to Libya to Iraq to Afghanistan. President ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 24 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: POTUS
The facts we’re presenting today are based on reporting from international and local nongovernmental organizations, press reporting, and also Intelligence Community assessments. The continued brutality of the Assad regime, including its use of chemical weapons, presents a clear threat to regional stability and security as well as to the national security interests of the United ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 15 May, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: Syria
And one other thing I would mention: In the past years, two other agreements that have been signed previously have been implemented rather successfully over the last two years. One relates to improving search-and-rescue in the arctic region, and the second relates to preparing and responding to potential oil pollution incidents in the Arctic. Over ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 8 May, 2017 | Topics:
Environment, News
| Tags: Arctic Council Ministerial
Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting the fundamental principles of a free press around the world. We honor those men and women who work tirelessly, often at great personal risk, to tell the stories we would not otherwise hear. They are the guardians of democratic values and ideals. The ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 3 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: World Press Freedom Day
Over 250 young scientists and engineers, mixed with designers, graphic artists and communicators, participated to the Rome's edition, where 16 teams proposed their ideas to improve life on Earth working on solutions to challenges in the five areas proposed by NASA, from improving knowledge of environmental issues, to preventing natural disasters. Among other guests, we ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 29 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: ESA
Good afternoon, all. The Trump administration is currently conducting across the entire government a review of our Iran policy. Today I’d like to address Iran’s alarming and ongoing provocations that export terror and violence, destabilizing more than one country at a time. Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism and is responsible for ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 19 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Press Availability
The State Department event will honor the legacy of Mr. Chiune Sugihara, Japanese Consul to Lithuania from 1939-1940, who saved the lives of some 6,000 Jewish refugees by issuing transit visas to Japan. The keynote speaker for the program is Mr. Leo Melamed of Chicago, who survived the Holocaust thanks to Consul Sugihara. We will ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 19 April, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: Holocaust
Thirty years ago on April 16, 1987, the United States and its G-7 partners (Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom) announced the formation of the MTCR. The focus of this partnership is to restrict the transfer of missiles capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction and related technologies. ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 17 April, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: Missile Technology
The Department of State has designated Tarek Sakr and Farah Mohamed Shirdon as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) under Section 1(b) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons determined to have committed, or pose a serious risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 13 April, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: Terrorism
Earlier today, Foreign Minister Lavrov and I had a lengthy conversation about issues that require immediate attention and issues that require longer-term attention. We understand that improvement in the long-term relationship will be required if we are to make progress on issues where we have different views. We spoke extensively about Syria, and in some ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: russia
We also had telephone conversations since that time, and as we’ve often agreed, our lines of communication shall always remain open. Our meeting today comes at an important moment in the relationship so that we can further clarify areas of common objectives, areas of common interest, even when our tactical approaches may be different, and ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: russia
While the statement covers nearly two dozen regions and topics of interest ranging from Middle East and Africa to maritime security, the issues of counterterrorism, defeating ISIS, and the crises in Iraq and Syria were adressed at great length. The statement acknowledged that international cooperation remains of paramount importance in the fight against terrorism. Regarding ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 11 April, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: g7italy, g7mfa
And once the ISIS threat has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria. We’re hopeful that we can prevent a continuation of the civil war and that we can bring the parties to the table to begin the process of political discussions. Clearly, that ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 9 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Lucca, Italy, April 9-11 to attend the G-7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The G-7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting provides a venue for the foreign ministers to discuss global political and security issues of mutual concern. Their discussions will set the stage for the G-7 Leaders’ Summit which President ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 9 April, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: g7italy, g7mfa
Let me be very clear at the outset of my remarks: the U.S. commitment to NATO is strong and this Alliance remains the bedrock for transatlantic security.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 31 March, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: NATO
In his first meeting with his Italian counterpart in today, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis thanked Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti for her country’s hospitality for U.S. forces and its contributions to various security missions. The two defense leaders met in Brussels on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers conference to discuss “the close and enduring ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 15 February, 2017 | Topics:
Events, News, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: Defense Minister Meeting
Per U.S. Presidential Executive Order signed on January 27, 2017, visa issuance to aliens from the countries of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen has been suspended effective immediately until further notification.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 30 January, 2017 | Topics:
News, Visas
| Tags: Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals
Good morning! It is a pleasure to be here with you today to launch this important event that embraces collaborative problem solving with the goal of producing solutions to some of the most challenging issues we face today. I would like to thank SIOI for sponsoring this event and FAO for providing such a beautiful ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 30 November, 2016 | Topics:
Environment, Events, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & Italy
| Tags: FAO, PAO Berbena, ZeroHackathon
Amb. Philip T. Reeker visited the Barilla plant, located in Pedrignano, near Parma. The Pedrignano plant is the largest pasta plant in the world. Barilla was also the first foreign company to open a pasta plant in the United States. Paolo Barilla, Vice President of the Group, explained to the Consul General, that in 1998 ...
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By U.S. Consulate General Milan | 6 October, 2016 | Topics:
Consulate General Milan, News
| Tags: Ambassador Reeker, Barilla, Milan
