10th edition of the MED Mediterranean Dialogues Conference promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI
The 10th edition of the MED Mediterranean Dialogues Conference will be held from 25 to 27 November 2024 at the Rome Cavalieri – Waldorf Astoria Hotel (Via Cadlolo 101) in Rome.
The conference – promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Institute for International Policy Studies (ISPI) – will officially open on Monday 25 November with a speech by Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and ISPI President Franco Bruni. Deputy Prime Minister Tajani will also speak at the closing ceremony on 27 November at 12:30 p.m.
The event will be attended by high-level representatives from all over the enlarged Mediterranean region, as well as representatives of numerous relevant international organisations, including Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General, Arab League; Taher al-Baour, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Libya; Abdallah Bou Habib, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Lebanon; Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, India; Mohamed Salem Ould Marzouk, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauritania; Shaya Mohsin Zindani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Yemen; Geir O. Pedersen, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria.
The Mediterranean Dialogues are the main public diplomacy initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This year’s edition will be held concurrently with the G7 Ministerial Meeting on Foreign Affairs hosted by the Italian government. Launched ten years ago by ISPI and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rome MED has become the point of reference for discussing the strategic issues of the enlarged Mediterranean and fostering an open, informal high-level debate with institutional representatives, experts, analysts, young people, and representatives of civil society, the economy and the media.
To follow the event on the virtual platform (https://med.ispionline.it), you will need to register by Sunday 24 November at 3 p.m. by filling in the appropriate form.