PRESS AND INFORMATION SERVICE
ITALY’S 2009 FOREIGN POLICY
PRESS AND INFORMATION SERVICE
ITALY’S 2009 FOREIGN POLICY
1) G8 PRESIDENCY: EMBRACING A NEW WORLD GOVERNANCE
The L’Aquila Summit (8-10 July 2009)
Policy Areas Economic themes a) Iran and Middle East a) response to the global b) fight against terrorism economic/financial crisis c) Afghanistan-Pakistan b) re-launching growth through stabilisation new common rules d) North Korea c) measures to ensure jobs d) anti-protectionism and free trade e) food security and climate change
L’Aquila results
1) “The L’Aquila Statement on Non-Proliferation”, reviewed by the UN in September
2) “L'Aquila Joint Statement on Global Food Security”, the 5 points of L’Aquila discussed at the FAO Summit in Rome
G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (Trieste 25-27 June 2009)
Principal results achieved: a) stronger non-proliferation regime b) greater coordination against piracy c) progress in regional cooperation on Afghanistan
______Other G8 events
G8 Labour Ministers’ Meeting “Overcoming Nuclear Dangers” Conference “Destabilizing Factors and Transnational Threats” Conference G8 Development Ministers’ Meeting (“ Global Governance for Global Solidarity ”) International Conference on Violence Against Women G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
2) PEACEKEEPING CRISIS AREAS: ITALY ON THE FRONT LINES
Italy and UN Peacekeeping
ITALY: 1st European and G8 contributor to Blue Helmets
• Italy: 11th of the 192 UN Members for its peacekeeping and security role
• Italy: 6th financial contributor to UN peacekeeping missions : over 350 million dollars
• Vicenza: Carabinieri Centre of Excellence for the training of police divisions to be deployed in peace missions: 2500 men from emerging countries trained in 3 years .
• Italy: top contributor to the peace mission in Lebanon (command of which we have held for nearly 3 years)
______Afghanistan
Italian Cooperation in Afghanistan:
2001-2008: 396 million euro (60 million in emergency initiatives)
2007-2009 : initiatives approved for nearly 200 millioni Euro
Cooperazione ad Herat, Farah, Baghdis : 53 million euro for a) agricultural development, b) governance c) civilian institutions. 2008-2010 : planned investments of 150 million euro
Major programmes:
• governance (justice, elections, local governance): voluntary contributions to ARTF -National Justice Programme, 10 million euro ; • support for parliamentary and presidential elections 2009- 2010: 10 million ; • rural development : bilateral contribution to National Solidarity Programme : 20 million euro ; • infrastructures (Kabul-Bamyan road): total 104 million euro; women’s prison and correctional centre for minors; • healthcare: 2002 to 2009 Italy contributed with 6 million euro to the reconstruction of the Kabul hospital (maternity ward, surgery and burn centre) as well as its management. Annual contributions of approx. 4 million euro also to the provincial and pediatric hospitals of Herat, Baghlan clinic and an Anti-TB programme (with WHO) inHerat. • preservation of historical and cultural patrimony: contribution of 6,000 euro in 2009 to the ISIAO mission.
______Lebanon
UNIFIL Mission, Italy contributes 2,500 men: the mission’s highest. UN forces in Lebanon, under the command of General Claudio Graziano : recognition of Italy’s important role since the 2006 crisis. 215 million euro for development programmes in the context of the Cooperation Encounter and Coordination Table
______Kosovo
Italy: Top contributor to the Eulex mission with over 200 officials (police, judiciary and customs); Participation in the NATO/KFOR mission (approx. 1800 units ), holding its command ( General Giuseppe E. Gay ) from September 2008 to September2009. UN Secretary General’s Special representative: Lamberto Zannier . EU Representative in Northern Kosovo: Ambassador of Italy to Pristina, Michael Giffoni Italian contribution of 2 million euro “KSF Stand Up” trust fund . Italy main contributor of Officers and Second Officers as trainers (40 units) . 12 million euro for infrastructure and economic reconstruction in Kosovo earmarked for agriculture, healthcare and preservation of cultural and religious patrimony.
______Somalia
Italy one of the founders of the “International Contact Group”. Meetings in 2009 Rome 10 June New York 23 September
Funds earmarked 2008-2009 :
8 million euro : support for political reconciliation, institutions and governance ; 12 million euro : through the African Union, for the AMISOM peacekeeping mission and the Somali security forces; 14 million euro : humanitarian and emergency aid.
3) HUMAN RIGHTS: COMPREHENSIVE COMMITMENT
Promotion of democracy and rule of law
Defence of children’s rights, especially children in armed conflict
Fight against the use of torture and against xenophobia, racism and all forms of discrimination Ratification of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. Initiative for the defence of religious minorities around the world and more generally freedom of religion and worship .
Italy’s commitment to abolition of the death penalty
Defence and promotion of women’s rights (Rome, 9 10 September 2009) International Conference on Violence Against Women
Female Genital Mutilation (New York, 25 September 2009) Italy convenes a meeting on the subject of female genital mutilation. An informal group is formed to promote greater international coordination both on the ground and the actions of the United Nations. Minister Frattini is invited by the Secretary General to be part of a "Network of Men Leaders" committed to eliminating violence against women.
Freedom of Religion (Brussels 16 17 November 2009) On Minister Frattini’s proposal the EU Council reaffirms its strong commitment to the promotion and defence of freedom of religion and worship.
4) WESTERN BALKANS, TURKEY: EUROPEAN ENLARGEMENT MUST NOT STOP
Italian Western Balkans initiative – 8-point plan
Results: 1) Montenegro submits application for accession to the Commission for its opinion (23 April 2009), and Albania during the November GAERC; 2) resumption of accession negotiations with Croatia ; 3) abolition of visa regime with Serbia, FYROM and Montenegro in December 2009 ; 4) accession negotiations with FYROM launched (14 October) Italy proposes an EU Western Balkans High Level Political Meeting to be held in Spain during its EU presidency.
______Turchia
"Reminding Turkey of the commitments it has yet to fulfil does not mean questioning its final objective, which is full integration into the European Union". (Minister for Foreign Affairs Frattini) Turkey is one of Italy’s strategic partners : 1) Italo-Turkish dialogue (16-18 November Istanbul ), annual meeting between the two countries’ business communities and civil societies; 2) Italy takes part in the “Friends of Turkey” Group .
5) PERSIAN GULF COUNTRIES: A NEW FOCUS FOR ITALIAN FOREIGN POLICY
Rome, 19 October 2009 : “Gulf Cooperation Council Days”, held for the first time in Italy Strategic political partnership formed to work on the Middle East peace process and the stabilization of Afghanistan and Yemen.
Joint bilateral Commissions
Joint Italy-Sultanate of Oman Commission : ROME, 9 to 10 June Joint Italy-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Commission : Riyadh, 13 and 14 October 2009
Strategic Committee for the development of and protection of national economic interests abroad.
FACT SHEETS ______Italy’s contribution to the United Nations budget Based on the current contributions scale , Italy ranks sixth among major contributors to the ordinary budget of the United Nations, with a percentage of 5,079%, which means a 2009 contribution of 123,740,497 dollars . Added to this are other contributions to the “Capital Master Plan” (refurbishing of the UN building), and to the Special Tribunals for Ruanda and Former Yugoslavia , which bring the total up to 158,471,217 dollars. Italy also ranks sixth among contributors to peacekeeping budgets, with 335,357,519 dollars in 2008 and 269,192,614 dollars in 2009 . Italy was among 23 of the UN’s 192 members that, as of 21 October 2009, had paid out on all the various budget items to which they were committed – of the top ten contributors to the UN budget, only Italy, Germany and Canada were included in this group. In 2009 Italy was elected to the following UN bodies: - Economic and Social Commission (ECOSOC) - Commission for Social Development (UNCSD) - Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) - Statistics Commission (UNSC) - Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Italy succeeded in having the UN General Assembly grant the International Olympic Committee the status of Assembly observer on 19 October 2009. It is therefore clear why, in thanking Italy for having promoted the initiative, the IOC’s highest authorities spoke of this as an “historic outcome”. Presentation of Italy as a candidate for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for 2017-2018. Presentation of Italy as a candidate for the Human Rights Council (HRC) for 2011-2014.
______Italy in senior NATO posts :
International Secretariat : Ambassador Claudio BISOGNIERO (U2) – Deputy Secretary General (through 30 September 2011) – appointed by the Secretary General; Cons. Amb. Fernando GENTILINI (A7) – Secretary General’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan (mandate through 30 June 2010) – appointed by the Secretary General;
Military Secretariat : Admiral Gian Paolo DI PAOLA (OF-9) – Chairman of the Military Committee (through May 2011) – elected post (NATO Military Committee elections); Gen. Div. Antonio LI GOBBI – (OF-7) – Assistant Director of Operations (through July 2010);
NATO Commands : Admiral Luciano ZAPPATA –Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Transformation - ACT (through August 2010) – quota post; Gen. Div. Leonardo DI MARCO – Deputy Chief of Staff Support – Operations Command – ACO (through July/August 2010) – quota post.
- NATO Agencies: NC3A Engineer Luigi BELLA (A6) – Head of Technical Office and in charge of ACO portfolio at the Agency (A6) (through 31 March 2012); NACMA Gen. Manlio Martorelli (A5) – Head of Plans and Programmes (through 30 April 2010); NAEMA Admiral Roberto FRASCARO (A7) – Director General – quota post.
______Italians in European Institutions – Senior Posts and National Seconded Experts (as of 10 November 2009)
Senior Posts The trend of Italians filling senior posts has continued over recent months, as confirmed by an EU partners balanced report (Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain). Indeed, Italy has four
Directors General [Economic and Financial Affairs (Buti), Information Society and Media (Colasanti), Development (Manservisi), General Directorate for Interpreting (Benedetti)] and five Deputy Directors General [Agriculture (L. Dormal Marino), Relex (Sannino), Regional Policies (Pasca- Raymondo), Health and Consumers (P.Testori Coggi), Transport/Energy (Barbaso)].
Of Directors General, Germany presently has 8, United Kingdom 5, France 3 and Spain 3; as for Deputy Directors General, Germany has 0, Spain 1, France 5 and the UK 2.
Seconded National Experts There are 162 Italian seconded experts in various sectors, and Italy’s quota confirms the substantial balance among the major END supplier partners (France, Germany, UK). The trend in national candidacies is on the rise (as of 31 December 2008 Italian END units numbered 130).
High Profile Sectors (more than 5 experts):
Environment 7 Common Research Centre 6 Competition 6 Energy and Transport 6 Taxes and Customs Union 6
European Parliament Directors General, Deputy Directors General and Directors Italy: 1 Deputy Secretary General, 1 Director General, 4 Directors
Deputy Secretary General (Francesca Ratti) Director General for Internal Policies (Ribera d’Alcalá) Director for Justice (Perillo) Director for Relations with Political Group Secretariats (Olivia Ratti) Director for Innovation (Vilella) Library Director (De Feo)
Council Secretariat General Directors General, Deputy Directors General and Directors
Italy: 1 Director General, 3 Directors, 1 SG/HR Personal Representative Director General Personnel (Griffo) Director for Cooperation in Civil and Criminal Matters, DG JHA (Schiavo) Director for Buildings and Logistics, DG Personnel (Zangaglia) Director for Transparency DG Communication (D’Aniello) SG/HR Personal Representative for Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Giannella)
Court of Justice Prof. Antonio Tizzano – President of the First Chamber of the Court of Justice Of the European Communities (with functions of Vice President of the Court)
Committee of the Regions Director for Consultative Works (Gussetti)
Economic and Social Committee President of the CES (Sepi)
MINISTER FRATTINI’S MEETINGS ABROAD AND IN ITALY
TOTAL BILATERAL VISITS: 35
- EUROPE: 15 - MEDITERRANEAN AND MID-EAST: 9 - NORTH AMERICA: 2 - ASIA AND OCEANIA: 3 - SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: 6
- COUNCILS: 3 - GAERC: 8
- BILATERAL SUMMITS: 4 - JOINT COMMITTEES/DIALOGUE FORUMS: 4
- OSCE MINISTERIALS: 1
- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES: 9
TOTAL KM TRAVELLED: 231,772
BILATERAL MEETINGS ON VISITS ABROAD –2009 (TOTAL 135)
1. PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, IVO SANADER (Zagreb, 12 January)
2. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, GORDAN JANDROKOVIC (Zagreb, 12 January)
3. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, STJEPAN MESIĆ (Zagreb, 12 January)
4. PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, LUKA BEBIĆ (Zagreb, 12 January)
5. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ISRAEL, TZIPI LIVNI (Tel Aviv, 19 January)
6. PRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, EHUD OLMERT (Tel Aviv, 20 January)
7. PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER, SALAM FAYYAD (Ramallah, 20 January)
8. ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER, EHUD BARAK (Tel Aviv, 20 January)
9. LEADER OF LIKUD, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU (Tel Aviv, 20 January)
10. PRESIDENT OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, HOSNI MUBARAK (Cairo, 21 January)
11. EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ABOUL GHEIT (Cairo, 21 January)
12. ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL, AMR MOUSSA (Cairo, 21 January)
13. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, GEN. OMAR SULEIMAN (Cairo, 21 January)
14. FOREIGN MINISTER OF HUNGARY, KINGA GONCZ (Brussels 26 January – GAERC margins)
15. PRESIDENT OF THE IOC, JACQUES ROGGE (Lausanne, 29 January)
16. MINISTER FOR JUSTICE, TREASURY AND BUDGET OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, LUC FRIEDEN (Luxembourg, 2 February – on the occasion of the President of the Republic’s visit there)
17. ATTENDANCE OF DINNER HOSTED BY THE PDR OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg, 2 February)
18. MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LUXEMBOURG, JEAN ASSELBORN (Luxembourg, 3 February, on the occasion of the President of the Republic’s visit there)
19. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BETWEEN THE PRES. OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE LUXEMBOURG LOWER HOUSE, LUCIEN WEILER (Luxembourg, 3 February)
20. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BETWEEN THE PRES. OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF LUXEMBOURG, JEAN CLAUDE JUNCKER (Luxembourg, 3 February)
21. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ANGOLA, ASSUNCAO AFONSO DE SOUSA DOS ANJOS (Luanda, 9 February)
22. PRIME MINISTER OF ANGOLA, ANTONIO PAULO KASSOMA (Luanda, 10 February)
23. PRESIDENT OF ANGOLA, EDUARDO DOS SANTOS (Luanda, 10 February)
24. PRESIDENT OF THE ECOWAS COMMISSION, MOHAMED IBN CHAMBAS (Abuja, 10 February)
25. VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, JOHNATHAN GOODLUCK (Abuja, 10 February)
26. MINISTER FOR THE NIGER DELTA, UFOT JOSEPH EKAETE (Abuja, 11 February)
27. NIGERIAN DEFENCE MINISTER, MUSTAPHA SETTIMA (Abuja, 11 February)
28. FEDERAL MINISTER FOR OIL REOURCES OF NIGERIA, LUKMAN RILWANU (Abuja, 11 February )
29. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF NIGERIA, OJO MADUEKWE (Abuja, 11 February)
30. PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE, ERNEST BAI KOROME, WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE MINISTER FOR ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE (Freetown, 11 February)
31. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFSENEGAL, CHEIKH TIDIANE GADIO (Dakar, 12 February)
32. PRIME MINISTER OFSENEGAL, CHEIKH HADJIBOU SOUMARE (Dakar, 13 February)
33. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL, ABDOULAYE WADE (Dakar, 13 February)
34. LORD CANCELLIERE AND SEGRETARY OF STATE FOR JUSTICE OF THE UK, JACK STRAW (London, 16 February – in the margins of the London Conference on Anti- Semitism)
35. GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF HERAT, NOURISTANI (Herat, 17 February)
36. PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN, HAMID KARZAI (Kabul, 18 February)
37. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF AGHANISTAN, RANGIN DADFAR SPANTA (Kabul, 18 February)
38. CZECH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL, ALEXANDRVONDRA (Brussels, 23 February – in the margins of the GAERC )
39. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ROMANIA, CRISTIAN DIACONESCU (State flight Rome-Brussels, 23 February – in the margins of the GAERC)
40. SPECIAL US ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, AMB. RICHARD HOLBROOK (Washington, 26 February)
41. PRESIDENT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WEXLER (Washington, 26 February)
42. PRESIDENT OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE US SENATE, SEN. JOHN KERR (Washington, 26 February)
43. US SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, JANET NAPOLITANO (Washington, 26 February)
44. US SECRETARY OF STATE, HILLARY CLINTON (Washington, 27 February)
45. PARTICIPATION IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S MEETINGS WITH US SECRETARY OF STATE, HILLARY CLINTON AND SPECIAL MID EAST ENVOY, G. MITCHELL (Sharm el Sheikh, 2 March – in the margins of the International Conference for the Reconstruction in Gaza)
46. PARTICIPATION IN PRIME MINISTER’S MEETINS WITH UN SECRETARY GENERAL, BAN KI MOON (Sharm el Sheikh, 2 March – in the margins of the International Conference for the Reconstruction in Gaza)
47. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, SAUD AL FAISAL (Sharm el Sheikh, 2 March – in the margins of the International Conference for the Reconstruction in Gaza) 48. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF QATAR, SHEIKH HAMAD BIN PASSIM BIN JABR AL THANI (Sharm el Sheikh, 2 March – in the margins of the International Conference for the Reconstruction in Gaza)
49. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ABDALLAH BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN (Sharm el Sheikh, 2 March – in the margins of the International Conference for the Reconstruction in Gaza)
50. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE ARAB SYRIAN REPUBLIC, WALID AL MOUALLEM (Sharm el Sheikh, 2 March – a margine della Conferenza Internazionale per la Ricostruzione di Gaza)
51. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CANADA, LAWRENCE CANNON (Brussels, 5 March – in the margins of the NATO Ministerial)
52. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF AUSTRALIA, STEPHEN SMITH (The Hague, 31 March – in the margins of the International Conference on Afghanistan)
53. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PAKISTAN, MAKHDOOM QURESHI (The Hague, 31 March – in the margins of the International Conference on Afghanistan)
54. DEPUTY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF IRAN, MEHDI AKHUNZADEH (The Hague, 31 March – in the margins of the International Conference on Afghanistan)
55. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SAN MARINO, ANTONELLA MULARONI (San Marino, 31 March)
56. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LEBANON, FAWZI SALLOUKH (Beirut, 7 April)
57. PRESIDENT OF LEBANON, MICHEL SULEIMAN (Beirut, 7 April)
58. PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANESE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, NABIH BERRI (Beirut, 7 April)
59. PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANESE COUNCIL, FOUAD SINIORA (Beirut, 7 April)
60. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SYRIA, WALID MO’ALLEM (Damascus, 7 April )
61. SYRIAN PRESISENT BASHAR AL ASAD (Damascus, 8 April)
62. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GERMANY, FRANK WALTER STEINMEIER (Berlin, 20 April)
63. FEDERAL MINISTER FOR COOPERATION OF GERMANY, HEIDEMARIE WIECZOREK ZEUL (Berlin, 20 April)
64. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MALTA, TONIO BORG (Luxembourg, 27 April – in the margins of the GAERC)
65. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF POLAND, RADOSLAW SIKORSKI (Warsaw, 28 April – Italo-Polish summit)
66. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF NORWAY, JONAS GAHR STØRE (Tromso, 29 April in the margins of the Arctic Council)
67. GOVERNOR OF SVALBARD ISLAND, PER SEFLAND (Longyearbyen, 29 April)
68. PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK, ROBERT ZOELLICK (Washington, 7 May)
69. SPECIAL US MID EAST ENVOY, SEN. GEORGE MITCHELL (Washington, 7 May)
70. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF AFGHANISTAN, RANGIN DADFAR SPANTA (Washington, 7 May)
71. CHAIRMAN OF THE US SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, SEN. JOHN KERRY (Washington, 7 May)
72. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PAKISTAN, MAKHDOOM SHAH MEHMOOD (Washington, 7 May)
73. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF EGYPT, ABOUL GHEIT (Sharm el Sheikh, 12 May – Italo-Egyptian summit)
74. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TUNISIA, ABDELWAHAB ABDALLAH (Tunis, 13 May)
75. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA, ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI (Tunis, 13 May)
76. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MOROCCO, TAIEB FASSI FIHRI (Rabat, 13 May)
77. PRIME MINISTER OF MOROCCO, ABBAS EL FASSI (Rabat, 13 May)
78. MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR OF MOROCCO, CHAKIB BENMOUSSA (Rabat, 14 May)
79. MINISTER FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION OF MOROCCO, AKHMED AKHCHICHINE (Rabat, 14 May)
80. PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MOROCCO, MOUSTAPHA MANSOURI (Rabat, 14 May)
81. PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COUNSELLORS OF MOROCCO, MAATI BENKADDOUR (Rabat, 14 May) 82. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, GEORGI PARVANOV (Sofia, 8 June)
83. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BULGARIA, IVAYLO KALFIN (Sofia, 8 June)
84. TRILATERAL WITH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SERBIA, VUK JEREMIC, AND ROMANIA, CRISTIAN DIACONESCU (Belgrade, 8 June)
85. PRESIDENT OF SERBIA, BORIS TADIC (Belgrade, 8 June)
86. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SERBIA, VUK JEREMIC (Belgrade, 8 June)
87. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND LEADER OF THE ALLIANCE OF LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS FOR EUROPE, GRAHAM WATSON (Luxembourg, 15 June – in the margins of the GAERC)
88. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ISRAEL, AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN (Luxembourg, 15 June – in the margins of the GAERC)
89. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SWEDEN, KARL BILDT (Stockholm, 24 June)
90. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELARUS, SERGEY MARTYNOV (Corfù, 28 June – in the margins of the OSCE Ministerial)
91. PRIME MINISTER OF ROMANIA, EMIL BOC (Bucharest, 7 July)
92. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ROMANIA, CRISTIAN DIACONESCU (Bucharest, 7 July)
93. PRESIDENT OF THE ROMANIAN SENATE, MIRCEA GEOANA (Bucharest, 7 July);
94. PRESIDENT OF THE ROMANIAN LOWER HOUSE, ROBERTA ANASTASE (Bucharest, 7 July);
95. SPECIAL US ENVOYR FOR AFGHANISTAN, AMB. RICHARD HOLBROOK (Brussels, 27 July, in the margins of the GAERC);
96. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKEY (Stockholm, 5 September – in the margins of the Gymnich)
97. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, DALIA GRYBAUSKAITE (Vilnius, 7 September)
98. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA, VYGAUDAS USACKAS (Vilnius, 7 September) 99. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, VALDIS ZATLERS (Riga, 8 September)
100. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LATVIA, MARIS RIEKSTINS (Riga, 8 September)
101. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ESTONIA, URMAS PAET (Tallin, 8 September)
102. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, TOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES (Tallin, 8 September)
103. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BETWEEN THE PRES. OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, LEEMYUNG BAK (Seoul, 14 September, in the margins of the President of the Republic’s visit to Korea)
104. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE OF KOREA, YU MYUNG HWAN (Seoul, 14 September, in the margins of the President of the Republic’s visit to Korea)
105. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PAKISTAN, MAKHDOOM QURESHI (New York, 23 September, in the margins of the UNGA)
106. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF QATAR, AL THANI (New York, 23 September, in the margins of the UNGA)
107. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SYRIA, WALID AL MOALLEM (New York, 24 September, in the margins of the UNGA)
108. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ISRAEL, AVIGDOR LIBERMAN (New York, 24 September, in the margins of the UNGA)
109. MINISTRO DEGLI AFFARI ESTERI EGIZIANO, ABUL GHEIT (New York, 24 September, in the margins of the UNGA)
110. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF KUWAIT, SHEIKH MOHAMMAD AL SALEM (New York, 24 September, in the margins of the UNGA)
111. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF IRAQ, HOSHYAR ZEBARI (New York, 24 September, in the margins of the UNGA)
112. SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE, AMR MOUSSA (New York, 25 September, in the margins of the UNGA)
113. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELARUS, SERGEI MARTYNOV (Minsk, 30 September 2009)
114. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, ALEKSANDER LUJKASHENKO , (Minsk, 30 September 2009) 115. PRIME MINISTER OF BELARUS, SIDORSKI (Minsk, 30 September 2009);
116. SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER, IBRAHIM AL ASSAF (Riyadh, 14 October 2009);
117. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SAUDI ARABIA, HRH PRINCE SAUD AL FAISAL (Riyadh, 14 October 2009);
118. HRH PRINCE SAUD AL FAISAL THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ABDULLAH BIN ZAYED AL-NAHYAN (Abu Dhabi, 31 October);
119. CEO OF ABAR INVESTMENTS (FUND OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ABU DHABI), MOHAMED AL HUSSEINY (Abu Dhabi, 1 November);
120. PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL AUTHORITY FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS AND AWQAF, DR. HAMDAN AL MAZROUI (Abu Dhabi, 1 November);
121. MINISTER FOR RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITIES OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SHEIKH NAHYAN BIN MUBARAK AL NAHYAN (Abu Dhabi, 2 November);
122. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MOROCCO, TAIB FASSI FIHRI (Marrakech, 2 November – in the margins of the Forum for the Future);
123. US SECRETARY OF STATE, HIILLARY CLINTON (Marrakech, 3 November – in the margins of the Forum for the Future);
124. SECRETARY GENENRAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE, AMB. AMRE MOUSSA (Marrakech, 3 November – in the margins of Forum for the Future);
125. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LEBANON, FAWZI FALLOUKH (Marrakech, 3 November – in the margins of Forum for the Future);
126. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PNA, RYAD MALKI (Marrakech, 3 November – in the margins of Forum for the Future);
127. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SLOVENIA, SAMUEL ZBOGAR (Ljubljana, 9 November);
128. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKEY, AHMET DAVUTOGLU (Istanbul, 18 November – in the margins of the Italo-Turkish Dialogue Forum);
129. US SECRETARY OF STATE, HILLARY CLINTON (Kabul, 19 November 2009 – breakfast in the margins of the ceremony for the inauguration of President Karzai )
130. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GERMANY, WESTERWELLWE (Brussels, 4 December 2009)
131. US SECRETARY OF STATE, HILLARY CLINTON (Brussels 4 December 2009, in the margins of the NATO Ministerial);
132. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE, PETRO POROSHENKO (Brussels, 8 December 2009 – in the margins of the GAERC);
133. PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER, SALAM FAYAD (Ramallah, 9 December 2009);
134. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU (Jerusalem, 9 December 2009);
135. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ISRAEL, AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN (Jerusalem, 9 December 2009);
BILATERAL MEETINGS IN ITALY – 2009 (TOTAL 127)
1. GERMAN MINISTER FOR SPECIAL AFFAIRS, THOMAS DE MAZIERE (MFA, 7 January 2009)
2. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CYPRUS, MARCOS KYPRIANOU (MFA, 9 January 2009)
3. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM, KAREL DE GUCHT (MFA, 13 January 2009)
4. FRENCH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, BRUNO LE MAIRE (MFA, 13 January 2009)
5. SUDANESE DELEGATION LED BY PRESIDENT BASHIR’S ADVISOR (MFA, 14 January 2009)
6. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAO, JACQUES DIOUF (MFA, 15 January 2009)
7. PRESIDENT OF THE EU COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, LUC VAN DEN BRANDE (MFA, 22 January 2009)
8. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SERBIA, VUK JEREMIC, (Rome; 23 January 2009 – in the margins of the Conference on the 130 th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Serbia)
9. UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEBANON, MICHAEL WILLIAMS (MFA, 27 January 2009) 10. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TUNISIA, ABDELWAHAB ABDALLAH (MFA, 28 January 2009)
11. LEBANESE POLITICAL LEADER, AMINE GEMAYEL (Rome, 4 February 2009)
12. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ERITREA, OSMAN SALEH (MFA, 5 February 2009 – in the margins of the meeting on the Security Council)
13. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ETHIOPIA, SEYOUM MESFIN (MFA, 5 February 2009 - in the margins of the meeting on the Security Council)
14. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ARGENTINA, JORGE TAIANA (Rome, 5 February - in the margins of the meeting on the Security Council)
15. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERATION OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ABDALLAH BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN (Rome, 5 February - in the margins of the meeting on the Security Council)
16. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, GORDAN JANDROKOVIC (Rome, 5 February - in the margins of the meeting on the Security Council)
17. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PANAMA, SAMUEL LEWIS (Venice, 6 February 2009 – in the margins of the Winter University of the Confindustria)
18. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND FINANCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA (Rome, 16 February 2009 – in the margins of the Italy-Russia Cooperation Council)
19. FRENCH MINISTER FOR THE RELAUNCH OF THE ECONOMIC PLAN, M. DEVEDJAN AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, BRUNO LE MAIRE (MFA, 17 February 2009)
20. US SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI (Rome, 17 February 2009)
21. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BETWEEN THE PRESE. OF THE REPUBLIC AND PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC NICOLAS SARKOZY (Quirinale, 24 February 2009 – a margine del Vertice Italo-Francese)
22. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELARUS, SERGEY MARTYNOV (MFA, 24 February 2009)
23. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC WITH THE PRESIDENT OF BULGARIA, GEORGI PARVANOV (Quirinale, 25 February 2009)
24. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SLOVENIA, SAMUEL ZBOGAR (MFA; 25 February 2009)
25. PARTICIPATION IN LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, MEDVEDEV (Bari, 1 March, on the occasion of the ceremony for consignment of the Church of St. Nicholas)
26. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, KAREL SCHWARZENBERG (Rome, 3 March 2009 – in the margins of the meeting of the Institute for Strategic Studies)
27. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF INDONESIA, HASSAN WIRAJUDA (Community of Sant’Egidio, 4 March 2009 – in the margins of the conference “Unity in Diversity: the Indonesian model for a society of co-existence”)
28. PRIME MINISTER OF CROATIA, IVO SANADER (MFA, 5 March 2009)
29. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CROATIA, GORDAN JANDROKOVIC (MFA, 5 March 2009 )
30. MINISTER FOR CULTURE OF CROATIA, BOZO BISKUPIC (MFA, 5 March 2009)
31. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE PRESIDENT OF MALTA, EDWARD FENECH ADAMI (Quirinale, 13 March 2009)
32. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SWITZERLAND, MICHELINE CALMYREY (Rome, 23 March 2009)
33. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE SWISS ROYALTY (Quirinale, 24 March 2009)
34. PRESIDENT OF THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON, PROF. CASSESE (Rome, 6 April 2009)
35. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SOMALIA, MOHAMED ABDULLAH OMAR (Rome, 6 April 2009)
36. PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETING/DEBATE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND PRESIDENT GONZALES Quirinale, 17 April 2009)
37. PRESIDENT OF THE ROMANIAN LOWER HOUSE, ROBERTA ANASTASE (MFA, 23 April 2009)
38. UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, ANTONIO GUTERRES (MFA, 23 April 2009)
39. PARTICIPATION IN THE DINNER HOSTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER FOR SENIOR MINISTER OF SINGAPORE, GOH CHOK TONG (Palazzo Chigi, 23 April 2009)
40. EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER, BENITA FERRERO WALDNER (MFA, 24 April 2009) 41. SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE, AMB. AMR MOUSSA (MFA, 24 April 2009)
42. SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, TERRY DAVIS (MFA, 24 April 2009)
43. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ISRAEL, AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN (MFA, 4 May 2009)
44. MINISTER FOR TRADE OF THE UAE , SHEIKHA LUBNA KHALID SULTAN AL QASSIMI (MFA, 4 May 2009)
45. COUNTRY PRESENTATION ANGOLA (MFA, 26 May 2009)
46. CZECH MINISER FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, STEFAN FULE (MFA, 19 May 2009)
47. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MACEDONIA, ANTONIO MILOSOSKI (MFA, 25 May 2009)
48. EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR ENLARGEMENT, OLLI REHN (MFA, 25 May 2009)
49. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MALTA, TONIO BORG (MFA, 26 May 2009)
50. NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, JAAP DE HOOP SCHEFFER (MFA, 27 May 2009)
51. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MOZAMBIQUE, OLDEMIRO BALOI (MFA, 28 May 2009)
52. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE NETHERLANDS, FRANS TIMMERMANS (MFA, 28 May 2009)
53. PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA, MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI (MFA, 28 May 2009)
54. SECRETARY GENERAL OF INTERPOL, RONALD NOBLE (MFA, 28 May 2009)
55. US ATTORNEY GENERAL, ERIC HOLDER (MFA, 29 May 2009)
56. HIGH EU REPRESENTATIVE FOR BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA, VALENTIN INZKO (MFA, 3 June 2009)
57. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA, VYGAUDAS USACKAS (MFA, 3 June 2009)
58. UN SECRETARY GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOMALIA, AHMEDOU AOULD ABDALLAH (MFA, 9 June 2009)
59. PRIME MINISTER OF SOMALIA, UMAR ABDIRASHID ALI SHAMARKE, (MFA, 9 June 2009)
60. WORKING LUNCH WITH MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MALTA, TONIO BORG, AND LIBYA, MUSSA KUSSA (Rome, 9 June 2009)
61. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND LIBYAN LEADER GADDAFI (Quirinale, 10 June 2009)
62. COUNTRY PRESENTATION NIGERIA (MFA, 16 June 2009)
63. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ECUADOR, FENDER FALCONI (MFA, 16 June 2009)
64. PARTICIPATION IN THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU (Palazzo Chigi, 23 June 2009)
65. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, HIROFUMI NAKASONE (Trieste, 25-27 June 2009 – in margins of the G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting)
66. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA, SERGEI LAVROV (Trieste, 25- 27 June 2009 – in the margins of the G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting)
67. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF INDIA, SHRI S.M. KRISHNA (Trieste, 25-27 June 2009 – in the margins of the G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting) 68. SPECIAL US ENVOY FOR THE CLOSING OF GUANTANAMO, DANIEL FRIED (MFA, 1 July 2009) 69. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CROATIA, GORDAN JANDROKOVIC (Villa Madama, 1 July 2009 –Italo-Croatian Council of Ministers)
70. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CHINA, YANG JECHI (MFA, 6 July 2009 – during the visit to Italy by Chinese President Hu Jintao)
71. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE US PRESIDENT, BARAK OBAMA (Quirinale, 8 July 2009)
72. VICE PRESIDENT OF KENYA, KALONZO MUSYOKA (MFA, 13 July 2009)
73. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, TOOMAS HENDRIK ILVES (MFA, 14 July 2009)
74. PARTICIPATION IN THE LUNCH HOSTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER FOR GREEK PRIME MINISTER KOSTAS KARAMANLIS (Palazzo Chigi, 15 July 2009)
75. PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S ENVOY FOR POLAR QUESTIONS, MICHEL ROCARD (Rome, 16 July 2009)
76. PERUVIAN DEFENCE MINISTER, AMB. RAFAEL REY REY (MFA, 20 July 2009) 77. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF AUSTRIA, SPINDELEGGER (MFA, 21 July 2009)
78. COUNTRY PRESENTATION SENEGAL/SIERRA LEONE (MFA, 21 July 2009)
79. MEETING WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNODC, ANTONIO MARIA COSTA (MFA, 28 July 2009)
80. PRESIDENT OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ALI TRIKI (MFA, 4 August 2009)
81. PRIME MINISTER OF KENYA, RAILA ODINGA (Rimini, 23 August 2009, in the margins of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples)
82. VICE PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE, SAHR SAM SUMANA (Rimini, 23 August 2009, in the margins of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples)
83. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TANZANIA, BERNARD KAMILLIUS MEMBE (Rimini, 23 August 2009, in the margins of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples)
84. MINISTER FOR SECURITY OF UGANDA, AMAMA MBABAZI (Rimini, 23 August 2009, in the margins of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples)
85. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SERBIA, VUK JEREMIC (MFA, 3 September 2009)
86. US UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE, WILLIAM BURNS (MFA, 3 September 2009);
87. UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, ASHA ROSE MIGIRO (MFA, 11 September 2009);
88. PARTICIPATION IN THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN HONOUR OF THE PRESIDENT OF PANAMA, RICARDO MARTINELLI (Palazzo Chigi, 11 September 2009)
89. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SPAIN, MIGUEL ANGEL MORATINOS (La Maddalena, 10 September 2009 – Italo-Spanish summit)
90. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SOMALIA, ALI AHMED JAMA (MFA; 17 September 2009)
91. PARTICIPATION IN THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN HONOUR OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF SLOVENIA, BORUT PAHOR (Palazzo Chigi, 18 September 2009)
92. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ERITREA, OSMAN SALEH, AND THE ERITREAN PRESIDENT’S ADVISOR, YEMANE GEBRAIEB (MFA, 18 September 2009)
93. UK JUSTICE SECRETARY JACK STRAW, (MFA, 18 September 2009) 94. MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTOHORITY, BADER AL SA’AD (MFA, 29 September 2009)
95. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PAKISTAN, ASIF ALI ZARDARI (MFA, 29 September 2009 – in the margins of the economic event “Italia-Pakistan”)
96. SPEAKER OF THE KNESET, REUVEN RIVLIN (MFA, 05 October 2009)
97. FORMER PRESIDENT OF FINLAND, MARTTI AHTISAARI, (MFA, 05 October 2009)
98. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT, ABU MAZEN (Quirinale, 7 October 2009) 99. PARTICIPATION IN THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN HONOUR OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABU MAZEN (Palazzo Chigi, 7 October 2009)
100. PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT, ABU MAZEN (Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi, 8 October 2009)
101. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM, YVES LETERME (MFA, 9 October 2009)
102. SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL, AL ATTIYAH (Quirinale, 19 October 2009 –in the margins of the Gulf Cooperation Council)
103. FRENCH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, PIERRE LELLOUCHE (MFA, 19 October 2009)
104. PARTICIPATION OF THE MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC WITH THE KING OF JORDAN (Quirinale, 20 October 2009)
105. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JORDAN, NASSER JUDEH (MFA, 20 October 2009)
106. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ALBANIA, ILIR META (MFA, 21 October 2009)
107. VICE PRESIDENT OF UGANDA, GILBERT BULENYA (MFA, 21 October 2009)
108. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CYPRUS, MARKOS KYPRIANOU (MFA, 22 October 2009)
109. PRESIDENCY OF THE SYNOD FOR AFRICA (MFA, 22 October 2009)
110. DELEGATION OF THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT (MFA, 22 October 2009)
111. PARTICIPATION IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S MEETING WITH KAZAK PRESIDENT, NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV (Quirinale, 5 November 2009) 112. DIRECTOR OF THE IOM, WILLIAM LACY SWING (MFA, 10 November 2009)
113. UNDP ADMINISTRATOR HELEN CLARK (MFA, 11 November 2009)
114. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SERBIA, VUK JEREMIC (MFA, 13 November 2009)
115. CZECH PRIME MINISTER JAN FISCHER (MFA, 13 November 2009 – on the occasion of the deposit of ratification instruments for the Treaty of Lisbon)
116. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ICELAND, SKARPHEDINSSON (MFA, 17 NOVEMBER 2009)
117. PRESIDENT OF THE UNGA, ALI TREKI (MFA, 17 November 2009)
118. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MOLDAVIA, IURIE LEANCA (MFA, 23 November 2009)
119. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ARMENIA, EDWARD NALBANDIAN (MFA, 23 November 2009)
120. MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON (MFA, 23 November 2009)
121. PARTICIPATION IN THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE PRES. OF THE REPUBLIC IN HONOUR OF PRIME MINISTER OF TURKMENISTAN, KURBANGULY BERDYMUKHAMEDOV (Palazzo Chigi, 25 November 2009)
122. PARTICIPATION IN THE PRES. OF THE REPUBLIC’S MEETING WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN (MFA, 25 November 2009)
123. PARTICIPATIONIN THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE PRES. OF THE REPUBLIC IN HONOUR OF PRIME MINISTER OF KUWAIT, SCEICCO NASSER MAHAMMAD AL SABAH (Palazzo Chigi, 26 November 2009)
124. MEETING WITH EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF IGAD, MAHBOUB MAALIM (Study of the Hon. Minister, 1 December 2009)
125. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA, LAVROV (Villa Madama, 3 December 2009 – in the margins of the Italo-Russian summit);
126. PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETING OF THE PRES. OF THE RESPUBLIC WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, NGUYEN MINH TRIET (Quirinale, 10 December 2009);
127. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF IRAQ, HOSHYAR ZEBARI (MFA, 14 December 2009).