G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the illegal annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in our condemnation in the strongest possible terms of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its continued violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and Independence. […]
Read moreSecretary-General, Ambassador Sequi, meets with ASI President, Mr Saccoccia
Today, 29 September, Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, accompanied by the Principal Director for Integrated Promotion and Innovation, Minister Plenipotentiary Cecilia Piccioni, had a fruitful meeting with ASI (Italian Space Agency) President, Mr Giorgio Saccoccia, assisted by Ms. Gabriella Arrigo, Head of International Affairs at ASI. They addressed issues such as space diplomacy and […]
Read moreDevelopment Cooperation, Deputy Minister Marina Sereni presides over Joint Committee meeting
Deputy Minister Marina Sereni presided over the sixth annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, also attended by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri. Representatives from other Authorities in charge of the matters under discussion also took part in […]
Read moreItalian schools abroad: inauguration of the new school year on 28 September
Today, 28 September, the school year started for Italian schools abroad in the northern hemisphere. The event, also broadcast in live streaming, was held at the new premises of the Istituto Italiano Statale Comprensivo in Barcelona, one of the seven Italian state schools in the world. This was the first time a school year opening […]
Read moreMeeting between the Farnesina Secretary General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, and the Ambassador-Designate of the State of Israel in Rome, Alon Bar
Farnesina Secretary General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met with the Ambassador-Designate of the State of Israel to Italy, Alon Bar, on 28 September for a discussion focused on bilateral relations and the regional context, with particular reference to the Eastern Mediterranean. The meeting made it possible to reaffirm the importance of a multidimensional partnership between […]
Read moreJoint Statement on the Situation in Libya
Senior officials representing France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States met on September 22 on the margins of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York to review the ongoing crisis in Libya. They expressed their support for Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abdoulaye Bathily as he takes up his mandate […]
Read moreUndersecretary, Hon. Manlio Di Stefano attends the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting (Bali, 22-23 September 2022)
The G20 Trade Minster’s Summit, attended by Undersecretary Di Stefano from 22 to 23 September in Bali, Indonesia, has come to an end. The issues discussed at the meeting focused on the Ukrainian crisis, the reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the role of the multilateral trading system in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, […]
Read moreComunicato congiunto degli Inviati Speciali nell’ambito dello US-Europe Group sull’Afghanistan
Special Envoys and Representatives for Afghanistan of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States met in Washington D.C. on September 15, 2022, to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Other officials from Japan, Qatar, Switzerland and UNAMA also participated in the meeting as observers, which included technical sessions with […]
Read moreUN: Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni at the event promoted by Italy on the moratorium on the use of the death penalty
Today, on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the United Nations 77th General Assembly Italy, in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sierra Leone and the European Union, promoted an event on the moratorium on the use of the death penalty. In her remarks, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International […]
Read moreUfC Ministerial joint press release
The “Uniting for Consensus” Group (UfC: Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, San Marino, Spain, Türkiye) met on the 22nd September, 2022, at Ministerial level, on the margins of the High-Level week of the United Nations 77th General Assembly in New York. In light of the deterioration of the […]
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