Minister Di Maio meets the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a friendly meeting today in New York with his counterpart from Lebanon, Gebran Bassil, on the sidelines of the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations. The meeting focused on the close bilateral relations between the two Countries. Minister Di Maio highlighted our […]

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Hong Kong: Exhibition on Leonardo: ‘Art and Science, Then and Now’

The exhibition ‘Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Science, Then and Now’ was inaugurated in Hong Kong. It presents twelve original drawings of the Codex Atlanticus, the models of Leonardo’s machines and a replica of the Virgin of the Rocks by Vespino, a 17th century painter. The School of Creative Media of the University contributed to […]

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Tunis: Jobs in Film-making

Jobs in film-making will be the protagonists of the second edition of “Film-Making” to be held in Tunis from 2 to 6 October at the Cinémathèque Tunisienne. The initiative, promoted by the Farnesina, aims at promoting quality Italian cinema production abroad, with the support of the diplomatic-consular network and the Italian Cultural Institutes. The fil […]

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The Italian Representation to the UN is now a plastic-free space

    New York, September 23, 2019. From today, the Permanent Representation of Italy to the United Nations in New York has become a “plastic-free” space. It has placed a ban on the presence and use of disposable plastic on its premises. The President of the Council, Giuseppe Conte, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs […]

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Deputy Minister Del Re attends the ICG meeting on Venezuela

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re attended the ministerial meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Venezuela on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly in New York yesterday. In her address, the Deputy Minister expressed her “deep concern at the deterioration in the political and humanitarian situation […]

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Deputy Minister Del Re attends the ICG meeting on Venezuela

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re attended the ministerial meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Venezuela on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly in New York yesterday. In her address, the Deputy Minister expressed her “deep concern at the deterioration in the political and humanitarian situation […]

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Minister Di Maio holds a meeting with the Algerian Foreign Minister, Sabri Boukadoum

Yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a meeting with his Algerian counterpart, Sabri Boukadoum, on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York. The discussion revolved around the main bilateral and regional issues of common interest. Minister Di Maio reminded his Algerian counterpart of his hope that Algeria […]

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Minister Di Maio welcomes the agreement reached today to establish the Constitutional Committee on Syria.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio expressed his sincere appreciation overr the agreement reached between the government of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Syrian Negotiations Commission regarding the establishment of the Syrian Constitutional Committee as announced today by UN Secretary-General Guterres.  This is an important first step to launch […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the Foreign Minister of Tunisia, Khemaies Jhinaoui

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a cordial meeting with his Tunisian counterpart, Khemaies Jhinaoui, on the sidelines of today’s 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. “With my Tunisian colleague we discussed the principal regional dossiers, starting with the Libyan crisis and its fallout in terms of instability […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the Director General of the IOM, António Vitorino

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), António Vitorino, on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York. The meeting offered the opportunity to reaffirm Italy’s support to the IOM as a decisive partner in […]

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Today in New York, on the sidelines of the UNGA, Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re attended an event on universal health coverage

Today in New York, on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Emanuela Del Re, attended an event on universal health coverage along with the representatives of the other 193 UN Member States. The aim of the Meeting, which closed with the adoption of […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 23 September: latest news from the world

Colombia: new law on electric mobility The President of the Republic Duque, in conjunction with the Ministers of Transport, Energy and the Environment, presented the national strategy for electric and sustainable mobility, which will be instrumental in reducing, starting already from the next two years, two of the major problems that characterize all the main […]

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