Deputy Minister Del Re opened the first annual conference of the Union for the Mediterranean on “Water and Finance”

At the opening of the conference, Deputy Minister Del Re said that “Italy adopted the approach of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) aimed at obtaining the most from more effective engagement with water-related projects that support sustainable urban development and migrant resettlement programmes”.

Read more

Italy gives its support to the General Assembly of the International Criminal Court (ICC)​

Italy continues to give its support to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague which is currently engaged in the General Assembly of the Member Nations. For the occasion, the Italian Embassy in the Netherlands contributed by organising two side-events. The first event, co-organised with the Embassy of Japan and titled ‘Realizing Expeditious Criminal […]

Read more

Minister Di Maio meets Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry

Minister Luigi Di Maio met the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs who was in Rome to attend the Rome MED Dialogues 2019. They discussed international matters and Libya. Minister Di Maio strongly reiterated his request for more bilateral cooperation to ensure that those responsible for the barbaric murder of Guilio Regeni would be brought to […]

Read more

Sereni at the OSCE to encourage effective multilateralism

“Italy agrees with the words spoken by Chairperson-in-office, Miroslav Lajcak encouraging effective multilateralism” to give renewed momentum, strength and topicality to the “spirit of Helsinki” at the heart of the OSCE said Deputy Minister Marina Sereni, addressing the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava. The Deputy Minister also emphasised Italy’s commitment in the OSCE to overcoming […]

Read more

Sereni at the OSCE to encourage effective multilateralism

“Italy agrees with the words spoken by Chairperson-in-office, Miroslav Lajcak encouraging effective multilateralism” to give renewed momentum, strength and topicality to the “spirit of Helsinki” at the heart of the OSCE said Deputy Minister Marina Sereni, addressing the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava. The Deputy Minister also emphasised Italy’s commitment in the OSCE to overcoming […]

Read more

The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni opens the Med 2019 Women’s Forum

The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni opens the Med 2019 Women’s Forum: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is strongly committed to promoting radical change to ensure that women become part of the peace processes”.

Read more

Undersecretary Di Stefano closes the Think Tank Forum on the sidelines of Rome Med 2019

Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano closes the “Think Tank Forum” on the sidelines of Rome Med 2019: “The work done by the think tank is crucial for encouraging public debate on foreign policies that closely examine problems and solutions which is necessary to bring the two coasts of the Mediterranean closer together”.

Read more

Minister Di Maio meets the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Riyad al-Malki at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation today

Minister Di Maio met the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority,  Riyad al-Malki at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation today. They discussed the peace process and bilateral relations. Di Maio reiterated the common position of both Italy and the United Nations on the illegality of the Israeli settlements, and confirmed Italy’s […]

Read more

Joint press conference with Minister Di Maio and UN Special Envoy for Syria, Pedersen

Follow the joint press conference live on Facebook from 3 p.m. after the meeting between Minister Di Maio and UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen.

Read more

Minister Luigi Di Maio receives the credentials of Ambassador Enas Mekkawy

Minister Luigi Di Maio received the credentials of Enas Mekkawy, the Arab League Ambassador today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the sidelines of the fifth edition of Rome MED

Read more

Anti-Corruption Committee – G20 ACWG Co-Chaired by Italy

The third annual meeting of the inter-institutional anti-corruption committee was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with the committee comprising about 20 people from ministries and central public administration offices, the judiciary and law enforcement officials. The committee coordinates the work of Italian delegations to international organisations that deal with preventing […]

Read more

Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto opens the Med 2019 Youth Forum

Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto opens the Med 2019 Youth Forum: “More participation by young people in society must be encouraged for security and prosperity in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). Governments in the region will have to do their share to realise their hopes.”  

Read more