UN; Sereni meets UNDP Administrator Steiner

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Marina Sereni and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, which took place just a few days before the G20 foreign-development ministerial meetings, Steiner thanked Sereni for Italy’s commitment to the organisation. He expressed deep […]

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Malaysia: Assicurazioni Generali acquires majority shares in two JV

Assicurazioni Generali has announced the acquisition of majority stakes in two Malaysian joint ventures between the multinational AXA and Affin Bank (one of the most critical local banks): 53% of “Axa Affin General Insurance”, active in the property & casualty sector, and 70% of “Axa Affin Life Insurance”, specialised in the life sector. Both are […]

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Iraq; Sereni meets Deputy Foreign Minister Al Khairullah

Vice Minister Sereni met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome with Iraqi Deputy for Foreign Minister Nizar Issa Al Khairullah, as part of the visit to Italy of a delegation of the Iraqi Government led by Prime Minister Al-Kathimi.The talks focused on the prospects for strengthening the bilateral partnership through the intensification […]

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Iraq; Sereni meets Deputy Foreign Minister Al Khairullah

Vice Minister Sereni met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome with Iraqi Deputy for Foreign Minister Nizar Issa Al Khairullah, as part of the visit to Italy of a delegation of the Iraqi Government led by Prime Minister Al-Kathimi.The talks focused on the prospects for strengthening the bilateral partnership through the intensification […]

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Della Vedova: the EU must restore credibility to the Balkan enlargement process

Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova participated today in the first edition of the Prespa Dialogue Forum, organised by the Government of North Macedonia with the aim of promoting constructive dialogue and regional reconciliation between the countries of the Western Balkans, incluing via the active involvement of civil society and young people.    “The future of the Western Balkans lies […]

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Della Vedova: the EU must restore credibility to the Balkan enlargement process

Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova participated today in the first edition of the Prespa Dialogue Forum, organised by the Government of North Macedonia with the aim of promoting constructive dialogue and regional reconciliation between the countries of the Western Balkans, incluing via the active involvement of civil society and young people.   “The future of the Western Balkans lies […]

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Di Stefano at the OECD’s Council of the GPAI

This afternoon, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano took part in the second Ministerial Council of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) that is part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). “It is now extremely important”, said the Deputy Minister, “that we head towards gradual regulation of the digital sector, and especially […]

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Deputy Secretary Di Stefano at the OECD’s Council of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

This afternoon, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano took part in the second Ministerial Council of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) that is part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). “It is now extremely important”, said the Deputy Minister, “that we head towards gradual regulation of the digital sector, and especially […]

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Notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Libya

In the wake of the second Berlin Conference, Italy renews its full support for the Libyan political process in the path leading to the elections on 24 December. To this end, Italy looks with great attention and lively expectation at the new ongoing session of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), which opened on 28 […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio attends the Ministerial Event on Humanitarian Assistance

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is today in Brindisi on the occasion of the Ministerial Event on Humanitarian Assistance. The Minister will also visit the UN Humanitarian Response Depot and the UN Logistic base for peacekeeping operations.  

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Deputy Minister Della Vedova meets Slovak Secretary of State Brocková

Today Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova received the Secretary of State of the Slovak Republic, Ingrid Brocková at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The meeting centred on bilateral relations and cooperation in a multi-lateral and European setting, especially on the migration question, the priority of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Ministerial Committee. The […]

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Deputy Minister Della Vedova meets Deputy Minister Przydacz of Poland

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, received the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Polish Republic, Martin Przydacz at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The meeting went into greater depth especially in relation to EU-Russian relations, the situation in Belarus, and prospects for the European Security and Defence Policy. Mr Della Vedova […]

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