Brazil – Saipem awarded a USD 1.3 bn contract by Petrobras for the Búzios offshore field

Saipem, in JV with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME), a main South Korean specialized shipbuilding and offshore contractor, has been awarded by Petrobras a contract, worth USD 2.3 bn, for the construction of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO), named P-79, for the development of the Búzios offshore field in Brazil. […]

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Foreign Ministry Note – Minister Di Maio meets the IAEA Director General

Minister Di Maio has met today, at the Foreign Ministry, with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ambassador Rafael Mariano Grossi. The Foreign Minister has reiterated to Mr. Grossi Italy’s commitment to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and Italy’s appreciation for the IAEA’s action vis-à-vis Iran to continue monitoring under the Safeguards […]

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Deputy Minister Della Vedova visits Palermo for the inauguration of the Franco-German Cultural Centre

Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova has taken part today, in Palermo, in the inauguration of the Kultur Ensemble project, an artist residency programme set up by the cultural institutes of France and Germany. The event has been attended by the Mayor of the city, Leoluca Orlando, and by Michelle Müntefering, Minister of State for International Cultural Policy […]

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Deputy Minister Della Vedova visits Palermo for the inauguration of the Franco-German Cultural Centre

Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova has taken part today, in Palermo, in the inauguration of the Kultur Ensemble project, an artist residency programme set up by the cultural institutes of France and Germany. The event has been attended by the Mayor of the city, Leoluca Orlando, and by Michelle Müntefering, Minister of State for International […]

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Meeting of Minister Di Maio with the Ethiopian Minister of Justice

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi di Maio, has received today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Ethiopian Minister of Justice, Gedion Timothewos Hessebon.  The Ethiopian Minister has arrived in Rome to discuss the situation in Tigray on the instructions of the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed. The Ethiopian delegation has […]

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Vice Minister Sereni, financing sustainable development is fundamental

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, Marina Sereni, has participated today in the meeting of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The topics on the agenda have been cooperation with middle-income countries and human development. The discussion on the […]

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Cooperation; Vice Minister Sereni, financing sustainable development is fundamental

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, Marina Sereni, has participated today in the meeting of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The topics on the agenda have been cooperation with middle-income countries and human development. The discussion on the […]

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Statements to the press by Minister Luigi Di Maio and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Anze Logar

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has met today at the Foreign Ministry with the Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anze Logar, with whom he has chaired the Italy-Slovenia Ministerial Coordination Committee. The two Ministers will be giving brief statements, which can be followed from 13:00 by live streaming on […]

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Webinar on “Diplomatic and commercial relations between Italy and Iran – 160 years of mutual cooperation”

The Italy-Iran Chamber of Commerce is organising a series of initiatives, which will take place throughout 2021, with a view to boosting economic relations between the two countries and providing Italian companies with tools for information and business training. The first of these initiatives is a webinar entitled “Diplomatic and commercial relations between Italy and […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio participated in the Italian-German Student Dialogue Forum on the Future of Europe

On Friday, June 11, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated in the Italian-German Student Dialogue Forum on the Future of Europe together with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas. The Forum enabled a group of about 40 Italian and German students, aged 15 to 17 years, to engage in direct […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio meets the Vice President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met on 11 June with the Vice President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas. The agenda included the migration issue, in view of the forthcoming European Council, and the concrete and effective forms of European solidarity in the framework of the negotiations on the […]

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Italy welcomes the developments between Armenia and Azerbaijan

We favourably welcome the arrangements reached yesterday between Armenia and Azerbaijan, hoping for the strengthening of a climate of mutual trust in the South Caucasus, a strategic region for Italian and EU interests. Italy supports the strengthening of dialogue between the two countries, with the support of the EU and the OSCE, aimed at regional […]

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