Ambassador Guariglia takes office today as Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia takes office today as Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Guariglia entered the diplomatic career in 1985 and served his first assignments abroad in Cairo, Brussels, Brasilia and at the Permanent Representation to NATO. He was Head of the Diplomatic Protocol of the Republic and Head of Cabinet of […]
Read moreParticipation of Undersecretary Maria Tripodi at the 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries – Doha, 5-9 March 2023
Undersecretary Maria Tripodi will represent Italy at the 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Doha. The conference, which will be attended by government delegations from more than 150 countries, aims at reviving international solidarity towards LDCs, encouraging the mobilisation of resources and the adoption of measures to facilitate the achievement of […]
Read moreJoint Statement by Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom
France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, express their grave concern in the face of the continuing, growing violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. We strongly condemn recent terrorist attacks that killed Israeli citizens. Terrorism can under no circumstance be justified. We also strongly condemn indiscriminate violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians, […]
Read moreJoint Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group
Upon invitation of the Republic of Niger, the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS Africa Focus Group, co-chaired by Italy, Morocco, Niger, and the United States, met on March 1 and 2 in Niamey, Niger. The Africa Focus Group is African member-led and represents a collaborative, civilian-focused counterterrorism effort intended to enhance the counterterrorism capabilities of […]
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, chairs the Business Forum of leading Italian companies in India
NEW DELHI – As part of his mission to New Delhi for the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani today chaired, with India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, a Business Forum with leading Italian companies present in the country. The Forum provided […]
Read moreInitiatives promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) to celebrate the centenary of Italo Calvino’s birth
On Thursday 2 March at 4 p.m. the Casa delleLetterature library – which is part of the Biblioteche di Roma network of libraries – will host an event to present the initiatives for the centenary of Italo Calvino’s birth. The project is organised by Laboratorio Calvino (La Sapienza University of Rome, University of Milan and […]
Read moreTelephone conversation of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, with the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nabil Ammar
Today, 27 February 2023, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, had a telephone conversation with the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nabil Ammar. First and foremost, the head of Italian diplomacy wished to express his sympathy to the Tunisian people and authorities at this particularly delicate […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli attended the commemoration of the Russian Federation’s aggression at the Embassy of Ukraine in Rome
On Friday 24 February, at 10 a.m., the Embassy of Ukraine in Rome commemorated the first anniversary of the Russian Federation’s aggression. Deputy Minister Cirielli attended the ceremony on behalf of the Italian government. During the event, the Deputy Minister stressed how the war had undermined the foundations of the international community. “Over the last […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Cirielli co-chairs the 7th EU-Central Asia High-Level Conference
The 7th EU-Central Asia High-Level Conference opened today at the Farnesina, as co-chaired by the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, and the European Special Representative for Central Asia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala. The High-Level Conference is part of the EU-Central Asia Platform for Cooperation on Environment and Water Resources, which […]
Read moreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Mama Sofia Foundation: launch of the call for scholarship applications in memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio
ROME – 22 February 2023 – Today, two years after the tragic killing of Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio, who lost his life in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo, together with Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo, the Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ettore Francesco Sequi attended […]
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