Minister Di Maio on mission to Brussels to attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has arrived in Brussels to attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council tomorrow The 27 EU member Countries will discuss the situation in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia) and the enlargement perspectives. The meeting will be […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers – Statement on Russia’s war against Ukraine

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are steadfast in our solidarity with and our support for Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s unjustifiable, unprovoked and illegal war of aggression, a war in which […]

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G7 Germany 2022 Foreign Ministers’ Communiqué

Preamble We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, have met today in a fundamentally changed strategic and security environment. The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is a watershed moment for the 21st century […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers – Commitments on the Global Food Security Consequences of Russia’s War of Aggression against Ukraine

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, discussed the implications of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on global food security and welcomed the UN Secretary General’s initiative to convene a “Global Crisis Response […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Climate, Environment, Peace and Security

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, who are united in our resolve to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C in reach, to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and to […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Strengthening Anticipatory Action in Humanitarian Assistance

Background Humanitarian needs are at a record high. Crises and conflicts, climate change impacts and disasters are increasingly threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people – trends exacerbated by the impacts of COVID19 and Russia’s unjustifiable, unprovoked and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. For the humanitarian system to continue to be able […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Action Plan on COVID-19

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, have endorsed the following Action Plan: Much has already been achieved by our efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022, with global vaccine supply now rapidly […]

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REMINDER Press Accreditation – Save the date for the session of Foreign Ministers of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe – La Venaria Reale (Torino) 20 maggio 2022

UPDATE   SAVE THE DATE Press Accreditation for the session of Foreign Ministers of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Foreign Affairs Ministers from the 46 Council of Europe member States will meet on 20 May 2022 in Turin (La Venaria Reale), under the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. At […]

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Statement by the Spokespersons of the Foreign Ministries of France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden

“We are deeply concerned by the decision of the Israeli Higher Planning Council to advance plans for the construction of more than 4.000 housing units in the West Bank. We urge the Israeli authorities to reverse this decision. The new housing units would constitute an additional obstacle to the two-State Solution. Israeli settlements are in […]

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Deputy Minister Sereni visits UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti in Florence

​“Italy considers extremely valuable the activities performed by UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti and acknowledges its strategic role in data collection/processing and in strategies concerning children”. Deputy Minister Marina Sereni said so as she visited the UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti in Florence today. Ms Sereni added that “the Centre is a key partner of Italian Cooperation […]

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Joint Statement of Foreign Ministers on increased restrictions on the human rights of Afghan women and girls

Joint statement of the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Afghan women and girls make enormous contributions to their country. Achieving peace, stability and economic development requires their equal participation in shaping Afghanistan’s future. We remain […]

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Côte d’Ivoire hosts UN Conference against desertification

The 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) entitled “Land. Life. Legacy: from scarcity to prosperity” is underway in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). The summit, which started on 9 May and will last until 20 May, is attended by delegations from over 190 countries and international organisations, along with […]

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