Minister Alfano and the Farnesina express their condolences for the death of Ambassador Giacomelli
Minister Angelino Alfano and the entire staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation express their condolences after the death of Ambassador Giorgio Giacomelli and extend their deepest sympathies to the family. Throughout his 30 years of service to the country with highly prestigious mandates, Giorgio Giacomelli served as an ambassador to Somalia […]
Read moreLebanon: Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Amendola in Beirut to meet high-ranking officials of the new Government
Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, travelled to Beirut yesterday for a number of official meeting with high-ranking officials of the new large coalition Government led by Sunni Saad Hariri. Mr Amendola’s mission represents an important opportunity to meet Lebanon’s new political and institutional leaders following the election last October of the President […]
Read moreAlfano: incontro in Farnesina con il segretario generale dell’Osce, Zannier
“Per l’Italia l’OSCE è un foro privilegiato di dialogo e cooperazione, da salvaguardare con cura. Per questo, stiamo già elaborando le priorità della nostra Presidenza nel 2018, che si concentreranno in particolare su Mediterraneo, crisi in Ucraina, conflitti congelati, crisi dei migranti e dei rifugiati”. Così il ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, […]
Read moreOSCE: Minister Alfano illustrates to Secretary General Zannier the priority issues of the Italian Chairmanship in 2018
“For Italy the OSCE is a privileged forum of dialogue and cooperation to safeguard with care. This is why we are setting the priorities for our chairmanship in 2018, which will especially focus on the Mediterranean, the crisis in Ukraine, frozen conflicts, and the migrant and refugee crisis,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International […]
Read moreMinister Alfano holds a telephone conversation with his Macedonian counterpart Minister Poposki
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, last evening had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Poposki. The conversation – held on the eve of the Foreign and Energy ministerial meetings of the six Balkan Countries, representing a significant step towards the Western […]
Read moreAlfano: incontro in Farnesina con il suo omologo qatarino, sceicco Mohammed Al-Thani
Il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Angelino Alfano, ha ricevuto alla Farnesina il suo omologo qatarino, sceicco Mohammed Al-Thani. La ricca agenda dei colloqui ha permesso di fare il punto sui rapporti bilaterali, con particolare attenzione agli interessi delle aziende italiane in Qatar e all’attrazione degli investimenti qatarini in Italia. Inoltre, […]
Read moreMinister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, receives his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Thani, at the Farnesina today
The rich agenda of the talks focused on the bilateral relations between the two countries, with special attention to the interests of Italian companies in Qatar and actions to attract Qatari investments in Italy. Moreover, Minister Alfano and Sheikh Al-Thani examined the current situation in Libya and Syria and discussed the state of the peace process […]
Read moreRussia: Minister Alfano holds a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Minister Lavrov
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, today had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey V. Lavrov. The two ministers agreed to meet shortly, at the first possible opportunity, which will be in Bonn on 16 and 17 February, on the fringes of the G20 Meeting. […]
Read moreAlfano: Visit to the Italo-Latin American Institute
“Italy and Latin America: they are not separated by the sea but united by the sea of History, Culture and Traditions and shared human events: between us is this wonderful sea that unites us!,” wrote Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the Book of Guests of Honour of the Italo-Latin […]
Read moreUSA: Minister Alfano congratulates the new Secretary of State
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, addressed a message of congratulations to the new United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. “I would like to express my warmest wishes for all possible success in your office,” Mr Alfano wrote in his letter to Tillerson. He added: “I am convinced that the […]
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