Presentation of the strategic document on “The Partnership with Africa”

Today, at 11.00, the launch event “The Partnership with Africa”, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs policy document identifying Italy’s main foreign policy priorities on the African continent, will be held in a virtual format. The first part of the conference will feature speeches by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, […]

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6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee

Today, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano has co-chaired, with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An, the 6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee (JEC), in virtual format, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. At the virtual meeting, which has been attended remotely by numerous state administrations, trade associations and businesses, the participants have […]

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6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee

Today, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano has co-chaired, with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An, the 6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee (JEC), in virtual format, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. At the virtual meeting, which has been attended remotely by numerous state administrations, trade associations and businesses, the participants have […]

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60th anniversary of the OECD

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), which was established with the ambitious goal of creating a community of Countries with common values, committed to improving the lives of their citizens and to making the multilateral approach prevail over national divisions. The world has changed over the last […]

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Information notice – The Partnership with Africa launch event – 15 December 2020, 11.00 am

Tomorrow 15 December from 11.00 am, the launch event “The Partnership with Africa“, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs policy document identifying Italy’s main foreign policy priorities on the African continent, will be held in a virtual format. The first part of the conference will feature speeches by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, the […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio receives the Netherlands’ Foreign Minister, Stef Blok, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has met the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Stef Blok, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a side meeting within the strategic Italian/Dutch Van Wittel – Vanvitelli Round Table.   Minister Di Maio has first expressed the hope that bilateral cooperation will […]

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Del Re chairs the Joint Development Cooperation Committee

The 5th annual meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee, chaired by Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re, has been held today in virtual format. At today’s meeting, the Joint Committee has approved a package of initiatives in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as the call for contributions in relation to initiatives promoted […]

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Vice Minister Del Re chairs the 5th Meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee

The 5th annual meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee, chaired by Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re, has been held today in virtual format. At today’s meeting, the Joint Committee has approved a package of initiatives in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as the call for contributions in relation to initiatives promoted […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio opens the Italian-Dutch round table “Vanvitelli/Van Wittel”

Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Dutch counterpart, Stef Blok, will open the second Italian-Dutch round table “Vanvitelli/Van Wittel” at the Italian Foreign Ministry, organised by the Italian Affairs Institute (IAI) and the Clingendael Institute, in collaboration with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the […]

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Di Maio – Lamorgese – Bonafede: “On whose legs will Falcone’s ideas walk” (Corriere della Sera)

United Nations: The Convention was signed twenty years ago. Thanks to that signature today each State no longer conducts a solitary battle against the mafias. The aim is to strengthen cooperation. Dear Director, these days mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Untoc). It is a milestone for multilateralism, whose […]

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Execution of Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam

Italy unreservedly condemns the execution of the Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam, which took place on 12 December 2020.  Capital punishment is an inhumane, cruel and degrading treatment and can be accepted under no circumstances. Italy reiterates its commitment to the gradual abolition of capital punishment and launches a strong appeal to Iran to apply a […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco, Nasser Bourita

Minister Di Maio had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco, Nasser Bourita. The two Ministers addressed the recent developments in the political dialogue in Libya and discussed the situation in Western Sahara, the normalisation of relations between Morocco and Israel, the Middle East Peace Process and the […]

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