"It is important that 70 ...entities... came together to reinforce the two-state solution."
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 15 January, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders | Tags: John Kerry
I think when you consider the scale of the challenges that we faced, the speed with which we have had to act, the multiple simultaneous crises that we faced, the limits imposed on our resources, I think when you measure all of this, Americans can take enormous pride in what our diplomats and our leaders ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 5 January, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders | Tags: John Kerry
The following is attributable to Elizabeth Trudeau, Director, Press Operations: Secretary Kerry met today in Rome with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Secretary Kerry expressed the United States' ongoing grave concerns over the situation in Syria, particularly the attacks on civilians in Aleppo. The two leaders discussed efforts to advance discussions on a Cessation ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 2 December, 2016 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Government Leaders | Tags: John Kerry, Lavrov
We’ve updated our ideas on various international issues that we are working on together, and Italy has always been grateful for the U.S. leadership in Yemen. We also spoke of the Syrian crisis; and as I already said at the press conference after the meeting with Minister Lavrov, we cannot build up a path towards ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 2 December, 2016 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Government Leaders, U.S. & Italy | Tags: John Kerry, MED, MFA
Now, my focus this evening is on diplomacy, the art of negotiating and building relationships. It is a skill that some people have and others do not. For example, when Ulysses S. Grant was a boy, he lived across the state in Galina. And at the age of eight, he got permission from his dad ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 26 October, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Political Affairs | Tags: Chicago, Global Affairs, John Kerry
Our two nations are NATO allies; we work together extremely closely in Afghanistan and Iraq. We are partners in training international peacekeepers and security forces. We stand side by side in the fight against terrorist groups who are trying to destroy the very civilization that Roman lawmakers, philosophers, and artists did so much to create.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 18 October, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Policy, U.S. & Italy | Tags: Ambassador Phillips, Biden, John Kerry
We demand immediate, expanded humanitarian access to all areas of Syria, including those on the United Nations' priority list, and we deplore the delays and obstruction caused primarily by the Syrian regime of humanitarian deliveries to Syrians in desperate need. We fully support the United Nations investigations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 24 September, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Near East & North Africa, Policy | Tags: Gentiloni, John Kerry, Mogherini, Syria
We reaffirm our solidarity with the Libyan people and express our sympathy for those who lost their lives in the fight against terrorism. We also welcome the efforts against terrorist groups as listed by the UN in other parts of Libya, including Benghazi, and commit to collectively pursue those efforts. We urge all Libyans to ...
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 22 September, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Near East & North Africa, Policy | Tags: Gentiloni, John Kerry, Libya, Mogherini
I think it’s fair to say that no matter where we come from or what our particular callings might be, we all call ourselves Atlanticists. And I am here to honor the contributions with all of you of a dynamic and increasingly important European leader, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 19 September, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, U.S. & Italy | Tags: John Kerry, Renzi
Secretary Kerry offered his condolences today to Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni for the loss of life and devastation caused by today's earthquake.
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By U.S. Mission Italy | 24 August, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, U.S. & Italy | Tags: Earthquake, Gentiloni, John Kerry
On Saturday, October 17, welcomed by EXPO CEO Giuseppe Sala and by Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Expo. From the Expo Center, Kerry launched a clear message, inviting the whole international community to support the committment of the Obama Administration on food sustainability and climate change. “…Food ...
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By U.S. Consulate General Milan | 17 October, 2015 | Topics: Consulate General Milan, Former U.S. Government Leaders | Tags: EXPO, John Kerry, Milan