Cuba: Italy signs historic debt-restructuring agreement
Italy joined 13 other Paris Club members on 12 December in signing an historic debt-restructuring agreement with Cuba, which has been in default since 1986. The agreement provides for payment over 18 years of back payments and the gradual cancellation of late payment interest. Italy is the fourth-ranked creditor, with a share in the debt […]
Read moreItaly-Turkmenistan: Della Vedova visits Ashgabat
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova visited Ashgabat, Turkmenistan yesterday to attend the conference “Policy of neutrality: International cooperation for the sake of peace, safety and development”, held on the 20th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s declaration of permanent neutrality. In the margins of the conference, he held bilateral meetings with Turkmen Deputy Prime […]
Read moreMinisterial Meeting for Libya – Joint Communique
We affirm our full support for the Libyan people in maintaining the unity of Libya and its institutions that function for the benefit of the whole Country. A Government of National Accord based in the capital Tripoli is urgently needed to provide Libya the means to maintain governance, promote stability and economic development. We stand […]
Read moreاجتماع وزاري من أجل ليبيا – بيان مشترك
نؤكد دعمنا التام للشعب الليبي حفاظاً على وحدة ليبيا ومؤسساتها التي تعمل لصالح البلاد بكامل أرجائها. الحاجة ماسة إلى حكومة وفاق وطنيّ مقرها العاصمة طرابلس من أجل تأمين الحكم الرشيد وتوطيد الاستقرار والنمو الاقتصادي. نؤيّد كافة الليبيين المطالبين بتشكيل حكومة وفاق وطنيّ على وجه السرعة تستند إلى اتفاق الصخيرات وتضم ممثلي أغلبية الأعضاء في مجلس […]
Read moreMarines: Italy submits request for temporary measures for Girone’s return to Italy
Italy has submitted a request to the Arbitration Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague for temporary measures, as per article 290 of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, authorising Marin Girone’s return to Italy for the duration of the arbitration procedures currently underway. This request falls within […]
Read more“Development Cooperation: a reform for the future”, says Gentiloni
Renewing and strengthening the strategic role of Development Cooperation is one of the key points of the stability law, which envisages an increase in our international cooperation resources of 125 million euro in 2016, 240 million in 2017 and 369 million for 2018. The law also envisages the completion of reforms to make development cooperation […]
Read moreJoint Statement on Libya by the Ambassadors and Special Envoys of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Head of the EU Delegation to Libya
The Ambassadors and Special Envoys of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Head of the EU Delegation to Libya reaffirmed their strong support for the UN-facilitated Libyan Political Agreement, negotiated in Skhirat, as the only way forward to resolve Libya’s political, security and institutional crises. The agreement represents the culmination […]
Read moreGentiloni: incontro con il Primo Ministro e Ministro degli Esteri di Samoa
Il Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Primo Ministro e Ministro degli Esteri di Samoa Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi. “L’Italia è attenta alle problematiche degli Stati Insulari in via di Sviluppo anche in considerazione della cruciale rilevanza per questi paesi del tema dei cambiamenti climatici” ha detto il […]
Read moreGentiloni: incontro con il Vice presidente della Commissione europea e Commissario europeo per l’unione energetica, Maroš Šefčovič
Il Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Vice presidente della Commissione europea e Commissario europeo per l’unione energetica, Maroš Šefčovič, a Roma nell’ambito dell’Energy Union Tour, un giro nelle capitali dell’Unione europea per promuovere l’Unione dell’energia. L’incontro ha fornito l’occasione per uno scambio di vedute sui […]
Read moreEconomic Diplomacy: International activities of Fincantieri presented at the Farnesina
Within a series of encounters promoted by the foreign ministry that allows groups of Italian businesspersons to meet with foreign ambassadors within the context of the “economic diplomacy” initiative, the Farnesina hosted an event today with the participation of Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono and the foreign mission heads accredited in Rome. The meeting, opened by […]
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