Minister Di Maio attends COVID-19 Global Action Meeting

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has attended today’s virtual COVID-19 Global Action Meeting at the invitation of the US Secretary of State, Blinken. The meeting was organised by the United States to involve key partner countries in the Global Action plan for Enhanced Engagement. The aim of the plan […]

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Note of the Foreign Ministry – Ukraine

At the meeting to coordinate the situation in Ukraine held at the Farnesina and chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, it was decided – in concert with the Embassies of the European Union present in the Country – to recall the non-essential staff from our diplomatic mission in […]

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«Dialogue with Moscow without giving in» is Italy’s strategy to avoid war. The Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General, Ettore Sequi: there is room for negotiation; firmness but also an open door

«On Ukraine we need to stand firm on principles but open and willing to dialogue with Moscow», is the statement made by Ambassador Ettore Sequi, Secretary General at the Farnesina. Mr Ambassador, with respect to Ukraine: are we facing a more or less dramatized test of strength or a real threat? «We certainly cannot simply […]

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«Dialogue with Moscow without giving in» is Italy’s strategy to avoid war. The Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General, Ettore Sequi: there is room for negotiation; firmness but also an open door

«On Ukraine we need to stand firm on principles but open and willing to dialogue with Moscow», is the statement made by Ambassador Ettore Sequi, Secretary General at the Farnesina. Mr Ambassador, with respect to Ukraine: are we facing a more or less dramatized test of strength or a real threat? «We certainly cannot simply […]

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International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers

To celebrate the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, Italy forcefully reaffirms that enrolling child soldiers is an aberrant practice: every child, anywhere in the world, is entitled to live safely and enjoy his/her childhood and innocence, sheltered from the fighting, violence and abuse. The pandemic has further exacerbated pre-existing criticalities in areas […]

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“From menhirs to nuraghes” exhibition on Sardinia now staged in Greece

The exhibition, “Sardinia, a Megalithic Island. From menhirs to nuraghes: stone stories from the heart of the Mediterranean”, was inaugurated today, 11 February, at the National Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. The event is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Athens and by the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens and is part of the Embassy’s cultural […]

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Farnesina Secretary-General celebrates with Ambassador Ahsan 50th anniversary of Italy-Bangladesh diplomatic relations

The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, received Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Italy, Shameen Ahsan at the Farnesina today, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. On 12 February 1972, immediately after Bangladesh won its independence, Italy was one of […]

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Agreement signed between the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to expedite the PNRR “Roots Tourism” Project

Today, 11 February, the Director General of the Mission Unit for the Implementation of the PNRR at the Ministry of Culture, Angelantonio Orlando, and the Director General for Italians Abroad at the Farnesina, Luigi Maria Vignali, signed an Agreement that officially expedites the PNRR project titled: “Roots tourism – an integrated strategy for the recovery […]

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The new Consul in Bengaluru meets with the Deputy Secretary of State of Karnataka

Today, Italy’s new Consul General in Bengaluru, Alfonso Tagliaferri, met with the Deputy Secretary of State Protocol of Karnataka, Veerabhadra Hanchinal, at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature. This was the first official meeting of the new Consul General in Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka. Ideas were shared to further strengthen relationships […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio meets Economy Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has met the Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates, Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, at the Farnesina. Their discussion focused on trade relations between Italy and the United Arab Emirates, inward investment, and cooperation in the fields of innovation, aerospace, renewable energy […]

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Undersecretary Della Vedova visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina

Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will be visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina today and tomorrow, 10-11 February 2022. The programme includes meetings with the Deputy Foreign Minister, Josip Brkić; the Bosnian Serb representative in the tripartite Presidency, Milorak Dodik; the President of the Party of Democratic Action (Bosnian initials SDA) and […]

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Telephone conversation Di Maio-Lavrov (Thursday, 10 February 2022)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, today had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. The conversation was held within the framework of the efforts that Italy is making in coordination with its Allies and partners to facilitate dialogue and the relations between the […]

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