Minister Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba
Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. In reaffirming Italy’s firm condemnation for Russia’s unjustified and unacceptable aggression against Ukraine as well as for the latest atrocious attacks against civilians, Minister Di Maio confirmed that the Euro-Atlantic community is […]
Read moreSereni a Commissione ONU sulla condizione femminile: “Donne sono un potente fattore di cambiamento”
“Le donne e le ragazze sono un potente fattore di cambiamento; l’istruzione uno strumento chiave per rendere il loro ruolo sempre più importante, tuttavia, come conseguenza della pandemia, ma anche dell’aumento dei conflitti armati e delle relative crisi umanitarie, oggi si assiste a una progressiva erosione dei progressi finora registrati nel campo dell’istruzione femminile”. Lo […]
Read moreUndersecretary Di Stefano on a mission in Brazil: meeting with Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Minister França
On an official visit to Brasilia, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, had a long working meeting with Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carlos Alberto Franco França. “Brazil, a great democracy of Latin America and a country we are tied to through very close historical bonds, is our main economic partner in the […]
Read moreThe Republic of Moldova. Supply of humanitarian goods by the Italian Cooperation Service for Ukrainian refugees and intervention by the Migration Fund to help children
As part of the Italian effort to respond to the emergency in Ukraine, the Italian Cooperation Service organised two humanitarian expeditions, one by land and the other by air, which left the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in Brindisi (UNHRD) on 11 and 14 March. A total of about 20 tonnes of relief and shelter […]
Read moreDevelopment Cooperation, Deputy Minister Sereni chaired the Joint Committee
Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the first 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 (AICS), Luca Maestripieri. The initiatives passed by the Joint Committee include extending the 92-million-euro financial endowment for the […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio’s diplomatic mission to Romania and Moldova
Tomorrow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be traveling to Romania and Moldova, the two bordering countries with Ukraine which are receiving the largest number of refugees escaping from the war. In Romania, Minister Di Maio is scheduled to meet with the President of the Republic, Klaus Iohannis, Prime […]
Read moreSudan: Marco Zennaro returns to Italy
Following the lifting of the ban on expatriation decided in the past few days by Sudan’s authorities and after the unexpected delay in outgoing flights, Marco Zennaro will arrive in Italy today on a flight from Khartoum after a stopover in Istanbul. The Italian citizen, who has been hosted in the guest quarters of the […]
Read moreCrisis in Ukraine. Contribution from Italian Cooperation
Italy will contribute to the international humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis with 25 million euro. The Italian funding was approved yesterday, 10 March 2022, by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni. It responds to the appeals from the United Nations system and the international Red Cross movement following the deterioration in the humanitarian […]
Read moreMeeting of the Africa Focus Group of the Global Coalition Against Daesh
The Africa Focus Group – a Group on combating terrorism in the African Continent promoted by Italy within the framework of the Global Coalition against Daesh – closed its meeting today at the Farnesina. The meeting, co-chaired by Italy, the United States, Morocco and Niger, proposed that the Group become an important platform converging the […]
Read moreThe Farnesina creates a Crisis Unit to support companies exporting to Russia and Ukraine
Following a request made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, the Farnesina has convened the first technical meeting of a Working Group aimed at assessing the overall impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to the detriment of Italian companies exporting in that area. The meeting, coordinated by Ambassador Lorenzo Angeloni, […]
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