6th Session of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation

6th Annual Session of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation​Rome, 18 December 2019. Today, the Farnesina hosted the sixth annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, the second chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, in conjunction with Deputy Minister, Emanuela Del Re. The Joint Committee approved […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio: Question time in Parliament

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be in Parliament today to answer questions on the initiatives taken to solve the Libyan crisis, also in light of the recent meetings with Libyan representatives.

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Del Re: Migrants – evacuation from Libya a must

​Speaking at the Global Summit on Refugees in Geneva, Deputy Minister Del Re called for “an international initiative to promote the Italian model of humanitarian corridors for a more comprehensive migration policy, in particular to ensure the evacuation of migrants from Libya”. Del Re presented the government’s lines of action on its migration and reception […]

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Del Re: Migrants – evacuation from Libya a must

Speaking at the Global Summit on Refugees in Geneva, Deputy Minister Del Re called for “an international initiative to promote the Italian model of humanitarian corridors for a more comprehensive migration policy, in particular to ensure the evacuation of migrants from Libya”. Del Re presented the government’s lines of action on its migration and reception […]

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30 years assisting Italians in the world

Today, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni and the Director of ANSA (the national associated press agency), Luigi Contu opened a photography exhibition that looks back over the main events followed to protect Italians abroad over the past 30 years. The exhibition was put on in association […]

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30 years assisting Italians in the world

Today, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni and the Director of ANSA (the national associated press agency), Luigi Contu opened a photography exhibition that looks back over the main events followed to protect Italians abroad over the past 30 years. The exhibition was put on in association […]

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Press accreditation notice – Press Statement by Minister Di Maio (Ciampino, 17 December 2019)

Today, Tuesday 17 December 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, returning from a mission to Libya, will make statements to the press at the Ciampino Military Airport. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in covering the arrival are kindly requested to apply for specific accreditation by no later than 5:00 […]

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Scalfarotto meets with the Secretary General of the ASEAN​

At the Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) in Madrid, Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met with the Secretary General of the ASEAN, Lim Jock Hoi. The talks focused on the regional security, the connectivity issue arising from the ASEAN Master Plan on Connectivity 2025, which sets forth projects worth up to 110 billion a year up […]

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Scalfarotto meets with the Secretary General of the ASEAN​

At the Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) in Madrid, Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met with the Secretary General of the ASEAN, Lim Jock Hoi. The talks focused on the regional security, the connectivity issue arising from the ASEAN Master Plan on Connectivity 2025, which sets forth projects worth up to 110 billion a year up […]

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Del Re opens an event to mark World Human Rights Day

Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re opened the celebrations of the World Human Rights Day at the Farnesina. Italy “very successfully” passed the last oral exam of the third periodic review cycle of the UN Human Rights Council, “despite a climate that in this moment sometimes induces us to think that we are losing awareness […]

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Scalfarotto holds bilateral meetings on the fringes of the ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting

On the fringes of the 14th Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM), Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto had two bilateral meetings with the delegations of Australia and New Zealand. With the Australian Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tony Sheehan, the issue that was addressed was the negotiation between the EU and […]

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Scalfarotto holds bilateral meetings on the fringes of the ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting

On the fringes of the 14th Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM), Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto had two bilateral meetings with the delegations of Australia and New Zealand. With the Australian Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tony Sheehan, the issue that was addressed was the negotiation between the EU and […]

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