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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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Indian Foreign Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar

Minister Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with his Indian counterpart, Dr. S. Jaishankar. The two Ministers discussed the strengthening of bilateral relations thanks to the Italy-India Action Plan, the multilateral Cooperation within the Italian Presidency of G20 and the COP26 Co-Presidency, the deepening of relations between the European Union and India, as well […]

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Italy-Uzbekistan Business Forum

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has participated today in virtual mode, together with the Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, Sardor Umurzakov, in the Italy-Uzbekistan Business Forum in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, and the bodies responsible […]

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Second session, in virtual format, of the Italy-Turkey Joint Economic and Trade Commission (JETCO) meeting

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, chaired, with the Turkish Minister of Trade, Ruhsar Pekcan, the second session, in virtual format, of the Italy-Turkey Joint Economic and Trade Commission (JETCO) meeting. During restricted talks with Minister Pekcan, prior to the public session, Minister Di Maio stressed the importance of the […]

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International Human Rights Day

On International Human Rights Day, the Foreign Ministry confirmed the central role of the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Italy’s international action. As a committed member of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, our country is at the forefront of the protection of fundamental rights in all fields. […]

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Italy-UAE: talks between Vice Minister Sereni and the Minister for Cooperation Al Hashimi

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, held talks today by video conference, with the Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, Reem Al Hashimi. The talks centred, in particular, on the current crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Ms. Sereni and Ms. Al Hashimi both emphasised the need for […]

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