Foreign Minister Gentiloni expresses his condolences for the bombings in Ankara and Diyarbakir
“I would like to express Italy’s sympathy and solidarity to the families of the victims and to the Turkish Government for this morning’s bombing at Diyarbakir, which followed the attack perpetrated in Ankara yesterday,” said Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, when commenting the tragic incidents that recently occurred in Turkey, […]
Read moreItaly allocates 3.5 million euros in humanitarian aid to UNHCR to tackle current emergencies in Yemen, the Central African Republic and Cameroon
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has approved the allocation of 3.5 million euros to support UNHCR’s emergency interventions in Yemen, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. The three interventions are being shared with the newly-established Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. Thanks to the contribution of 1.5 million euros for Yemen, UNHCR will […]
Read moreGentiloni meets Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Congo, Jean-Claude Gakosso, today at Farnesina. The focus of the talks was the countries’ bilateral relations. Italy is a historical partner of Congo Brazzaville. Following an entrepreneurial mission led by Prime Minister Renzi in July 2014, […]
Read moreGentiloni-Bassil: Lebanon is a Country of utmost importance for the stability of the region
Foreign Minister Gentiloni received the visit of Gebran Bassil, the Foreign Minister of Lebanon, this morning in Rome on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting that was held in Brussels.Discussions focused on the weight that the Syrian crisis has on the development of Lebanon – which hosts over 1.5 million Syrian refugees, representing […]
Read moreSiria: Italia a Ginevra per la riunione della Task Force Umanitaria
A seguito dell’accordo raggiunto alla riunione ministeriale di Monaco di Baviera dell’International Support group for Syria, l’Italia ha partecipato ieri a Ginevra con l’Inviato per la Crisi in Siria, alla prima riunione della Task Force umanitaria sotto la Presidenza di Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor per gli affari umanitari dell’Inviato speciale del Segretario Generale dell’ONU per la Siria De […]
Read moreSyria: Italy pledges 3 million euros for humanitarian aid
In view of the humanitarian truce agreed in Munich on Thursday, Italy has allocated three million euros for humanitarian aid in Syria. ”These are emergency actions to alleviate the suffering of the tens of thousands of civilians, mostly women and children, fleeing the bomb attacks and the ongoing violence in the north of the country, […]
Read moreMeeting of Minister Gentiloni with the trade unions representing the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Minister Gentiloni met today with the trade unions representing all categories of workers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Italy is increasingly becoming a key player in the international arena on many matters involving counter-terrorism, economic diplomacy, the United Nations and the European Union. Minister Gentiloni said that on all of these […]
Read moreJoint Communiqué – Charting the way ahead. An EU Founding Members’ initiative on strengthening Cohesion in the European Union
Joint Communiqué The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands met on 9 February 2016 in Rome. They declare: as Europe is approaching the 60th anniversary of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community on 25 March 2017, we are concerned about the State of the European project. Indeed, […]
Read moreMeeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Founding Countries of the European Union
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will host a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the six founders of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) tomorrow at Villa Madama in Rome, in anticipation of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome signed on 25 March, […]
Read moreDiplomatic documents can be consulted after thirty years
Italian and foreign historians, researchers and students will progressively be given access to ever-more recent diplomatic documents. Through a ministerial decree, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has shortened the time required to access official documents from 50 to 30 years. The decree represents a further significant step towards making the […]
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