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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Press accreditation notice – Humanitarian initiative by the Italian Cooperation service: arrival in Italy of the second group of minors from Libya (Ciampino Military Airport, 17 December 2019)

Tomorrow, 17 December 2019, as part of the initiative promoted by the Italian Cooperation service to provide medical assistance in Italy to Libyan paediatric patients, the second group of minors from the area of Benghazi travelling on an aircraft of the Ministry of Defence will land at the Ciampino Military Airport, where they will be welcomed […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 16 December: latest news from the world

New Zealand announces an investment plan to stimulate the economy The New Zealand Minister for Finance Grant Robertson announced a major spending package to be used for investments. Over the next five years, the government is committed to raising 12 billion New Zealand dollars (7.1 billion euros) in capital on the market out of which […]

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“The Lion and the Mountain” Italian excavation in Sudan exhibition

“The Lion and the Mountain” exhibition can be visited at the Museo di scultura antica Giovanni Barracco (Barracco Museum of Antique Sculpture) until 19 January next, promoted by the Municipality of Rome with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The exhibition presents findings from excavations by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Sudan, […]

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Scalfarotto speaks at the 14th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM)

Today in Madrid, Undersecretary Scalfarotto spoke at the opening of the 14th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) dedicated to revitalising the multilateral system and strengthening the international order on the basis of common rules. In his address, the Undersecretary highlighted the importance of the World Trade Organization in settling disputes and underscored the leading role […]

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Scalfarotto speaks at the 14th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM)

Today in Madrid, Undersecretary Scalfarotto spoke at the opening of the 14th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) dedicated to revitalising the multilateral system and strengthening the international order on the basis of common rules. In his address, the Undersecretary highlighted the importance of the World Trade Organization in settling disputes and underscored the leading role […]

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