Joint Statement of Foreign Ministers on increased restrictions on the human rights of Afghan women and girls
Joint statement of the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Afghan women and girls make enormous contributions to their country. Achieving peace, stability and economic development requires their equal participation in shaping Afghanistan’s future. We remain […]
Read moreG7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, express our strongest opposition and deplore the increasing restrictions imposed on the rights and freedoms of women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban. We stand with […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio participates in the G7 and NATO Foreign Ministers’ meetings (12-15 May)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Germany starting today to attend the G7 and NATO Foreign Ministers’ meetings. The G7 Foreign Ministers will meet from 12 to 14 May at Weissenhaus castle, in Schleswig-Holstein, to discuss the war in Ukraine and its consequences at the regional and global level, […]
Read moreSecretary General, Ambassador Sequi, attends “True Italian Experience” event organised by ITA Airways
May 11, 2022. Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, spoke at the presentation of the event “True Italian Experience”, organised by ITA Airways. “Promoting Italy as a privileged destination for international tourists is a priority of the economic and commercial diplomacy of the Farnesina”, Ambassador Sequi […]
Read moreG7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Hong Kong Chief Executive Selection
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, underscore our grave concern over the selection process for the Chief Executive in Hong Kong as part of a continued assault on political pluralism and fundamental freedoms. […]
Read moreNote from the Farnesina – Visit by Undersecretary Hon. Manlio Di Stefano to Budapest (5-6 May 2022)
Undersecretary of State Manlio Di Stefano has concluded his official visit to Hungary after visiting Budapest on 5 and 6 May, where he had several institutional meetings and attended the first stage of the Giro d’Italia. During his mission, Undersecretary Di Stefano had a fruitful working meeting with the Hungarian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
Read moreItaly-Canada. Meeting between the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ettore Francesco Sequi, and Canadian Ambassador, Elissa Golberg
Today, the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met with the Canadian Ambassador in Rome, Elissa Golberg, to discuss major bilateral and multilateral issues and the initiatives to be jointly taken in view of the 75th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations falling this year. Ambassador Sequi expressed his satisfaction for the quality of the […]
Read moreThe Secretary General of the Farnesina meets with Serbia’s State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Today, the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met with the State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Nemanja Starović. The meeting focused on the two Countries’ bilateral relations, Belgrade’s European Union accession prospects, the war in Ukraine, and the situation in the Western Balkans. The […]
Read more“Working Holidays” Agreement signed by Italy and Japan
Luigi Maria Vignali, the Director General for Italian Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies at the Farnesina, and the Japanese Ambassador to Italy, Oe Hiroshi, this morning signed an Agreement on “Working Holidays” between Italy and Japan. The Agreement represents an important step in strengthening relations between the two Countries by promoting exchanges between their respective […]
Read moreLaunch of the #InsiemepergliSDG campaign with the attendance of Deputy Minister Sereni
As part of the #InsiemepergliSDG initiative, a campaign promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), in partnership with the UN SDG Action Campaign, FAO, the European Commission, CIHEAM IAMB in Bari and Save the Children, the MAECI and the UN SDG Action Campaign – concertedly with the Municipality of Milan – […]
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