Mission of Minister Luigi Di Maio to Saudi Arabia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is on a mission to Saudi Arabia. The Minister will meet his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and will co-chair, together with the Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Aljadaan, the XII Italian-Saudi joint commission. Read the full note

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NOTE FROM THE FARNESINA – Minister Di Maio on mission to Saudi Arabia (26-27 JUNE 2022)

Today and tomorrow, 26 and 27 June 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be on an official diplomatic mission to Arabia Saudita. The visit, which falls on the 90th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, aims to further consolidate the strategic dialogue between Rome and Riyadh that […]

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Lauding social reforms in Saudi Arabia, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio says Rome ready to support kingdom

The two G20 members are committed to continue working in the ‘same spirit of cooperation and solidarity for strong sustainable and inclusive growth’ Di Maio to co-chair 12th session of Saudi-Italian Joint Commission with KSA Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan ROME: Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio has stressed the importance of consolidating his […]

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Joint statement of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America on Libya

France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America welcome the progress made in the talks between the Joint Committee of the House of Representatives and High State Council in Cairo facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). We welcome the degree of consensus reached so far towards agreement […]

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Press Release – CO-OPERA 2022

CO-OPERA, the 2nd National Development Cooperation Conference held on 23 and 24 June at Rome’s Auditorium della Conciliazione closed today. The Conference, which is convened every three years by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to foster the participation of citizens in defining development cooperation policies, was co-organized by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the […]

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Farnesina Secretary General, Amb. Sequi, holds consultations with Iceland’s Permanent Secretary of State, Amb. Martin Eyjólfsson

Today, the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, received the Permanent Secretary of State of Iceland, Ambassador Martin Eyjólfsson, to hold bilateral consultations. Ambassador Sequi expressed satisfaction for the renewed momentum in the bilateral relations between Rome and Reikiavik, as confirmed by the recent meeting between Minister Di Maio and his counterpart […]

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Tunis – “Comics in Museums” exhibition

The “Comics in Museums” exhibition has been opened in Tunis in the presence of the Italian Ambassador, Lorenzo Fanara. The exhibition is hosted in Palais Kheireiddine, the Municipality of Tunis’s historic exhibition space located in the Medina. This is just the first stage of the exhibition, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Tunis and […]

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Izmir and Bodrum – Italian musical evenings

Two grand Italian musical evenings were organised by the Embassy of Italy in Turkey and our Consulate in Izmir, in collaboration with, respectively, the Izmir International Festival of Film and Music and the Bodrum Jazz Festival. The events featured performances by the Nino Rota Quartet, which played famous pieces by today’s most important Italian composers, […]

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Cuba — meeting at the Embassy with Italian Civil Society Organisations

The Embassy of Italy in Havana has hosted a meeting with representatives of Italian Civil Society Organisations (OSCs) operating in Cuba. The meeting provided an opportunity to examine the development of Italian-Cuban relations at the cultural, economic and cooperation levels, and to gain information on the progress of projects implemented on Cuban territory. “We meet […]

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Minister Di Maio’s visit to Berlin (24 June 2022)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Berlin today to take part in two important meetings called by Germany. The first, in the G7 context, is focused primarily on Ukraine and grain exports, while the second will address food supply security. The meeting of G7 foreign ministers will focus […]

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​Minister Di Maio attending meeting of G7 foreign ministers and food security conference in Berlin

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Berlin to attend the meeting of G7 foreign ministers and the ministerial conference on food security. The main topics on the agenda of the G7 ministerial are support for Ukraine in response to the Russian aggression, the consequences of the block on […]

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Bilateral consultations between the Secretary General, Amb. Sequi, and the Canadian Deputy Minister, Marta Morgan

Secretary General, Amb. Ettore Francesco Sequi, held consultations today at the Farnesina with the Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marta Morgan. The meeting made it possible to take stock of the excellent bilateral relations, in particular in the economic, scientific, and cultural spheres, in the framework of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the […]

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