Participation of Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani in the extraordinary EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Israel

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, attended today, via videoconference, an extraordinary meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council entirely dedicated to the situation in Israel and the region. Chaired by High Representative Josep Borrell, the 27 ministers discussed the latest developments surrounding the Hamas attack on […]

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“A Night at the Museum” in Beijing

The Italian Embassy in Beijing and the Italian Cultural Institute organised “A Night at the Museum” a few days ago, where visitors were able to attend the exhibition “The Light of Ancient Roman Civilization: Masterpieces from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples”, held at the China World Art Museum in Beijing. More than 200 people […]

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Mission of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, to Egypt

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is on a mission to Egypt. In Cairo, he will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al Sisi and his counterpart Sameh Shoukry. The talks will focus on the situation in Israel following the Hamas terrorist attacks. “Egypt is a great […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE ARRIVAL OF THE THIRD MILITARY REPATRIATION FLIGHT FROM ISRAEL TO PRATICA DI MARE (Pratica di Mare, 10 October 2023)

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE ARRIVAL OF THE THIRD MILITARY REPATRIATION FLIGHT FROM ISRAEL TO PRATICA DI MARE (Pratica di Mare, 10 October 2023) A third military plane activated at the request of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the coordination of the Italian Ministry of Defence, which is bringing back to Italy nationals who wished […]

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World and European Day against the Death Penalty (10 October 2023)

On the occasion of the World and European Day against the Death Penalty, Italy would like to reiterate its firm, unconditional opposition to the death penalty — a cruel, inhuman, degrading punishment that denies human dignity and has no added value in terms of security and crime deterrence, while making every miscarriage of justice fatally […]

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Government communications on the situation and prospects in the Middle East following the Hamas attacks against Israel

On Tuesday 10 October, at 1pm, the Chamber of Deputies will hold the Government communications on the situation and prospects in the Middle East following the attacks by Hamas against Israel

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Workshop, trengthening local digital ecosystems in Africa

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, THE Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will co-host a workshop in Rome, Italy on the 20th of October 2023 about “Digital for Development “. The objective of the day is to bring together diverse perspectives in view of understanding […]

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Foreign Minister’s commitment to the return of compatriots from Tel Aviv

A third military plane activated at the request of the Foreign Ministry, with the coordination of the Ministry of Defence, to bring back to Italy the Italian nationals who wanted to leave Israel, will land at Pratica di Mare at 6 pm today. Two other military planes landed this morning. From the outset the Ministry […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE ARRIVAL OF TWO MILITARY AIRCRAFT FROM ISRAEL (Pratica di Mare, 10 October 2023)

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE ARRIVAL OF TWO MILITARY AIRCRAFT FROM ISRAEL (Pratica di Mare, 10 October 2023) The two military planes activated at the request of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the coordination of the Italian Ministry of Defence, which are bringing back to Italy nationals who wished to leave Israel, land in Pratica […]

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Telephone conversations between the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, with his UAE counterpart and the Patriarch of Jerusalem

Following the weekend telephone calls with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Egypt and Jordan, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, had telephone contacts with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and with […]

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Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli chairs the 5th meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee 2023

The Joint Development Cooperation Committee met again today under the chairmanship of the Italian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs delegated to International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli. This was the fifth meeting since the beginning of the year. The Committee firstly decided, with regard to the 2024 Programming, to increase the share of Cooperation resources allocated to […]

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Tajani: “An escalation of incalculable impact must be averted. Arab mediation needed” (Corriere della Sera)

On the side of Israel and its people, who are suffering a “monstrous” aggression against defenceless civilians, women, children, the elderly, and not a mere act of war or terrorism. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani has no doubts as to what Italy’s position should be in the conflict that has just erupted in […]

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