Niger. Cooperazione Italiana supplies medicines and health kits

As a response to the ongoing health crisis in Niger, the Foreign Ministry, at the behest of Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Hon. Marina Sereni, ordered the delivery of about 6 tonnes of medicines and medical health material from Cooperazione Italiana, stored at the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in […]

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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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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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Joint Statement on the Ministerial Meeting on Syria

We, the Ministers and representatives of the United States, Italy, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and representatives of the League of Arab States and European Union, met today on the margins of the Defeat ISIS Coalition Ministerial to discuss the crisis […]

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Italian-Lithuanian Business Forum dedicated to renewable energies

The Italian-Lithuanian Business Forum dedicated to renewable energy will take place by videoconference on Wednesday 30 June starting at 09.00. Important institutional representatives of both countries, as well as company representatives, will participate in the event, which will follow the attached programme. Lithuania is committed to substantially increase the share of renewable energy produced and consumed in its […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio co-chairs with Sos USA Antony Blinken the Ministerial Meeting of the Coalition against Daesh

Italy hosts and co-chairs with the United States today, 28 June, in Rome the Plenary Ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS. This is a very important event for the 83 members of the Coalition, more than half of whom will be attending at Ministerial level, two years on from the last full-format […]

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Middle East; Vice Minister Sereni meets the Spanish Secretary of State Gallach and the UN Coordinator Wennesland

Meeting today by videoconference between Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni, the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Cristina Gallach, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland. The talks are part of the Italian-Spanish initiative launched by Ministers Di Maio and Gonzales Laya at the bilateral Summit in Palma […]

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Middle East; Vice Minister Sereni meets Gallach and Wennesland

Meeting today by videoconference between Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni, the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Cristina Gallach, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland. The talks are part of the Italian-Spanish initiative launched by Ministers Di Maio and Gonzales Laya at the bilateral Summit in Palma […]

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Australia – Webuild wins Melbourne’s North East Link contract

Webuild, in a consortium with Korean GS Engineering and Construction, Spanish CPB Contractors, China Construction Oceania (CCO) and a number of Australian partners, has been awarded the contract for Melbourne’s so-called North East Link, the missing link that completes the ring road around the city and the largest public contract ever awarded by the State […]

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Vice Minister Marina Sereni chairs the Italy-Paraguay political consultations

This afternoon, Vice Minister Marina Sereni chaired the Meeting of the Italy-Paraguay Political Consultation Mechanism. On the Paraguayan side, a delegation led by the Vice Minister of Economic Relations and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Raúl Cano Ricciardi, was present via videoconference. Our countries are united by strong historical and cultural ties, by […]

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Vice Minister Marina Sereni chairs the Italy-Paraguay political consultations

This afternoon, Vice Minister Marina Sereni chaired the Meeting of the Italy-Paraguay Political Consultation Mechanism. On the Paraguayan side, a delegation led by the Vice Minister of Economic Relations and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Raúl Cano Ricciardi, was present via videoconference. Our countries are united by strong historical and cultural ties, by […]

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Hostage Giovanni Calí freed in Haiti

The Italian hostage Giovanni Cali’, abducted on 1 June while in Haiti, was released a short while ago. He had been taken from the building site where he worked by a local criminal gang. His release, after only 22 days, was secured by the relentless work of our intelligence system and of the Crisis Unit […]

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