UN; Sereni meets UNDP Administrator Steiner
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Marina Sereni and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, which took place just a few days before the G20 foreign-development ministerial meetings, Steiner thanked Sereni for Italy’s commitment to the organisation. He expressed deep […]
Read moreIraq; Sereni meets Deputy Foreign Minister Al Khairullah
Vice Minister Sereni met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome with Iraqi Deputy for Foreign Minister Nizar Issa Al Khairullah, as part of the visit to Italy of a delegation of the Iraqi Government led by Prime Minister Al-Kathimi.The talks focused on the prospects for strengthening the bilateral partnership through the intensification […]
Read moreDella Vedova: the EU must restore credibility to the Balkan enlargement process
Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova participated today in the first edition of the Prespa Dialogue Forum, organised by the Government of North Macedonia with the aim of promoting constructive dialogue and regional reconciliation between the countries of the Western Balkans, incluing via the active involvement of civil society and young people. “The future of the Western Balkans lies […]
Read moreDeputy Secretary Di Stefano at the OECD’s Council of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
This afternoon, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano took part in the second Ministerial Council of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) that is part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). “It is now extremely important”, said the Deputy Minister, “that we head towards gradual regulation of the digital sector, and especially […]
Read moreNotice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Libya
In the wake of the second Berlin Conference, Italy renews its full support for the Libyan political process in the path leading to the elections on 24 December. To this end, Italy looks with great attention and lively expectation at the new ongoing session of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), which opened on 28 […]
Read moreNiger. Cooperazione Italiana supplies medicines and health kits
As a response to the ongoing health crisis in Niger, the Foreign Ministry, at the behest of Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Hon. Marina Sereni, ordered the delivery of about 6 tonnes of medicines and medical health material from Cooperazione Italiana, stored at the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Della Vedova meets Deputy Minister Przydacz of Poland
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, received the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Polish Republic, Martin Przydacz at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The meeting went into greater depth especially in relation to EU-Russian relations, the situation in Belarus, and prospects for the European Security and Defence Policy. Mr Della Vedova […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Della Vedova meets Slovak Secretary of State Brocková
Today Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova received the Secretary of State of the Slovak Republic, Ingrid Brocková at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The meeting centred on bilateral relations and cooperation in a multi-lateral and European setting, especially on the migration question, the priority of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Ministerial Committee. The […]
Read moreJoint Statement on the Ministerial Meeting on Syria
We, the Ministers and representatives of the United States, Italy, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and representatives of the League of Arab States and European Union, met today on the margins of the Defeat ISIS Coalition Ministerial to discuss the crisis […]
Read moreMiddle East; Vice Minister Sereni meets the Spanish Secretary of State Gallach and the UN Coordinator Wennesland
Meeting today by videoconference between Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni, the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Cristina Gallach, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland. The talks are part of the Italian-Spanish initiative launched by Ministers Di Maio and Gonzales Laya at the bilateral Summit in Palma […]
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