Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaks with British counterpart David Miliband (L) ahead of an European Union Foreign Ministers meeting on Iran in Corfu June 28, 2009. Britain on Sunday demanded the release of Iranian employees of the British embassy in Tehran and denied that the mission had been involved in any post-election unrest. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaks with British counterpart David Miliband (L) ahead of an European Union Foreign Ministers meeting on Iran in Corfu June 28, 2009. Britain on Sunday demanded the release of Iranian employees of the British embassy in Tehran and denied that the mission had been involved in any post-election unrest.

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  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and David Milliband toast HRH Queen Elizabeth II during a State Banquet for the visit of the President of the Republic of India Prathibha Devi Singh Patil in Windsor Castle on October 27, 2009 in London, England. The President will stay at Windsor Castle as a guest of the Queen from Tuesday 27th October to Thursday 29th October.
  3. U.S Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Milliband shake hands to conclude a press conference with at No.1 Carlton Gardens in London October 11, 2008. Secretary of State Clinton will also meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the second leg of a five-day European trip.
  4. U.S Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Milliband shake hands to conclude a press conference with at No.1 Carlton Gardens in London October 11, 2008. Secretary of State Clinton will also meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the second leg of a five-day European trip.
  5. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) looks toward Britain's Foreign Secretary David Milliband (L) during a press conference at No.1 Carlton Gardens in London on October 11, 2008. Clinton will also meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the second leg of a five-day European trip.
  6. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks toward the press during a a press conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Milliband (L) at No.1 Carlton Gardens in London on October 11, 2008. Clinton will also meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the second leg of a five-day European trip.
  7. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks toward the press during a a press conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Milliband (L) at No.1 Carlton Gardens in London on October 11, 2008. Clinton will also meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the second leg of a five-day European trip.
  8. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks toward the press during a a press conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Milliband at No.1 Carlton Gardens in London on October 11, 2008. Clinton will also meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the second leg of a five-day European trip.
  9. Italian Minister for Environment Stefania Prestigiacomo listens to media questions during the press conference in Brdo, some 50 kilometers from Ljubljana, on November 9, 2009. The Italian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (Out of camera range), arrived for an official one-day visit to Slovenia to discuss with Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and his delegation (not seen) the two countries' relationship and plans for liquefied gas terminal in Trieste�s gulf.
  10. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini talks to the press after his meeting with Slovenian counterpart Samuel Zbogar (Out of camera range) in Brdo, some 50 kilometers from Ljubljana on November 9, 2009. Frattini arrived with his delegation for an official one-day visit to Slovenia to discuss the two countries relationship and plans for the liquefied gas terminal in Trieste's gulf.
  11. Slovenia's Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar (L), Italian Minister of Environment Stefania Prestigiacomo who puts her hand on the shoulder of Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (R) arrive to the press conference after their meeting in Brdo, some 50 kilometers from Ljubljana on November 9, 2009. Frattini arrived with his delegation for an official one-day visit to Slovenia to discuss the two countries relationship and plans for the liquefied gas terminal in Trieste's gulf.
  12. Slovenia's Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar (R) and his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini talk to the media after their meeting in Brdo, some 50 kilometers from Ljubljana on November 9, 2009. Frattini arrived with his delegation for an official one-day visit to Slovenia to discuss the two countries relationship and plans for the liquefied gas terminal in Trieste's gulf.
  13. Slovenia�s Minister for Environment Karl Erjavec (R) gestures to his Italian counterpart Stefania Prestigiacomo before their meeting in Brdo, some 50 kilometers from Ljubljana, on November 9, 2009. The Italian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, arrived for an official one-day visit to Slovenia to discuss the two countries' relationship and plans for liquefied gas terminal in Trieste�s gulf.
  14. Slovenia's Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar (R) and his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini talk before their meeting in Brdo, some 50 kilometers from Ljubljana on November 9, 2009. Frattini arrived with his delegation for an official one-day visit to Slovenia to discuss the two countries relationship and to plan for the gas terminal in Trieste�s gulf.
  15. Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar (R) welcomes his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini before their meeting in Brdo, on November 9, 2009. Frattini arrived for an official one-day visit to Slovenia.
  16. Italian Foreign Affairs minister Franco Frattini (L) and his Moroccan counterpart Taib Fassi Fihri (Second R) chair the sixth Forum for the Future conference jpintly organized by Morocco and Italy. The Forum for the Future is a joint initiative between the Group of Eight industrial powers and some 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, along with the European Commission and the Arab League. Other officials in background are unidentified.

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