Italian Foreign Ministry note – Cecilia Sala

The Italian Foreign Ministry announces that the Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, reporting from Iran, was arrested on 19 December by the Tehran police authorities. On the instructions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, the Italian Embassy and Consulate in Tehran have been following the case with the utmost attention since the very beginning. […]

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Italian delegation in Damascus meets the interim government. Crisis cell set up for security during Christmas celebrations

ROME – The first high-level Italian delegation after the fall of Bashar Al Assad’s regime held a series of meetings with the new de facto Syrian authorities yesterday and today in Damascus. The delegation was made up of the Director for the Mediterranean and Middle East at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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Further aid from Italy arrives in the Strip with ‘Food for Gaza’. Tajani to Cardinal Pizzaballa: “Support for the civilian population in Gaza and throughout the region, protection of minorities and Christians”

Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani today had a telephone conversation with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, with jurisdiction over Latin-rite Catholics residing in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus, and responsible for Syria during his time as Custos of the Holy Land. Cardinal Pizzaballa told the Minister of his […]

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“African Innovation Leadership”, a Master for Entrepreneurship in Africa

During the final days of Italy’s G7 Presidency, the ‘African Innovation Leadership’ project was launched to develop skills and expertise in support of innovation and entrepreneurship on the African continent, with the aim of consolidating important collaborations in the field of science, technology and innovation between Italy and some of the African nations that are […]

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Undersecretary Tripodi receives a representative of Italian detainees in Venezuela

On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi today received at the Italian Foreign Ministry Marinellys Tremamunno, the legal representative of a number of Italian citizens detained in Venezuela for political reasons. During the meeting, the Undersecretary reiterated how the Italian Foreign […]

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Tajani: “We need impetus on the EU’s common defence” (La Stampa)

Minister Antonio Tajani, today you will participate in a summit on Albania with half the government. What is being discussed? “To decide on how to proceed on the right choice that we confirm and we will have to make operational. I am very impressed by some aspects of the Italian discussion, first of all for […]

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Tajani in Kosovo to greet the Italian contingent in KFOR

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, is on a mission to Kosovo to greet the Italian contingent of the Kosovo Force (KFOR), the mission led by NATO. “It is a great source of pride for me to convey the greetings of the Italian government to the women and men who […]

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Joint Statement on Afghanistan

Special Envoys and Representatives for Afghanistan of Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States met in Geneva on December 16, 2024 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan […]

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2025 Ukraine Recovery Conference: new website online.

The new website of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) is online, where all the information on the event that Italy will host in Rome on 10 and 11 July 2025 will gradually be made available. The Conference continues the annual series of high-level political events dedicated to the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine started in […]

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EUR 115 million contributions approved for emergency initiatives

Within the framework of humanitarian development cooperation interventions, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, has approved financial contributions for a total value of over EUR 115 million for emergency initiatives. More than EUR 66 million are earmarked for initiatives in Africa, particularly in response to climate change – […]

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Discovering Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s photographic collections

For the “Le carte e la memoria” column, we are going to explore a photographic collection kept at the Historical Diplomatic Archive of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. It is the Photographic Archive of the Undersecretariat of State for Albanian Affairs, a collection consisting of about 7000 photographs contained in 66 […]

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Deputy Minister Cirielli addresses the annual meeting of the Directors of the Italian Development Cooperation Agency

Today, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, took part in the Annual Meeting of the Directors of the Foreign Offices of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), as part of the “AICS Directors’ Days”. In addressing the Panel “Italian Development Cooperation and the Mattei Plan”, Cirielli thanked the […]

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