قضية “ريدجيني”: الأمين العام “ميكيلي فالنسيزي” يستدعي سفير الجمهورية العربية المصرية.
بإيعاز من وزير الشؤون الخارجية “باولو دجينتيلوني”، إستدعى أمين عام وزارة الخارجية “ميكيلي فالنسيزي” اليوم بصورة مستعجَلة سفير الجمهورية العربية المصرية “عمر مصطفى كمال حلمي” ليُعرِب له عن قلق الحكومة الإيطالية إزاء وفاة الشاب “دجوليو ريدجيني” في القاهرة بشكل مأساوي. لفَت “فالينسيزي” إلى أنّ إيطاليا تنتظر من السلطات المصرية توفير أقصى درجة من التعاون على […]
Read moreMinister Gentiloni expresses grief over the disappearance of Italian Giulio Regeni
The Italian Government has been informed of the tragic fate presumably suffered by Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo. While awaiting official confirmation from the Egyptian authorities, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni expressed his own and the Government’s grief to the student’s family who are presently in Cairo and have been given the unconfirmed news. His […]
Read moreStatement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL/Da’esh
1. Foreign Ministers of the Small Group of the Global Coalition to counter ISIL/Da’esh met today in Rome at the invitation of Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni to take stock of the Coalition’s work and to accelerate our unified efforts to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL/Da’esh, dismantle its networks, and counter its global ambitions. The […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary of State Della Vedova to Attend Informal Ministerial Meeting of EU Ministers for Trade and Development in Amsterdam
Under-secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will attend the informal meeting of EU ministers for Development and Trade in Amsterdam today and tomorrow. During the meeting chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, the ministers will exchange opinions about the development of a […]
Read moreAnti-Daesh summit to meet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday
The Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to counter Daesh/ISIL will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in the so-called ‘Small Group’ format, comprising the most committed countries within the broader global anti Daesh Coalition, which play a political and strategic leading role in the collective effort. The meeting will be […]
Read moreEgypt: Italian Giulio Regeni mysteriously vanished in Cairo
The Italian Embassy in Cairo and the Foreign Ministry are closely following with great concern the fate of Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old student who has mysteriously disappeared on the evening of 25 January in the centre of the Egyptian capital. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni recently had a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, […]
Read moreCooperation: the joint development cooperation committee approves its first resolutions
“Thanks to the new code of procedures, the guidelines and the procedures approved today, civil society organisations and other non-profit organisations will be able to play an active part in the Italian development cooperation system. It is an important new stage on the route to reform Italian cooperation”. Thus commented the Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
Read moreGentiloni: meeting with the Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Turkey
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, today received at the Ministry the visit of the Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Turkey, Volkan Bozkir. The meeting offered the opportunity to exchange opinions and an updated evaluation of the migration emergency and the Syrian crisis. Mr […]
Read moreNew Deputy Minister Mario Giro: Cooperation is instrumental to internationalisation
“I would like to thank the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, for my new appointment and the faith shown in entrusting me an assignment I believe to be important and strategic for the times in which we live: cooperation is instrumental to enhancing democracy and to spreading the positive face of an Italy that knows how […]
Read moreEthiopia: Italy to contribute 1 million euros to WFP and FAO for food emergency
In response to the serious emergency situation caused by the “El Nino” climate phenomenon, that for months has been affecting the Horn of Africa, and Ethiopia in particular, the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has decided to allocate one million euros for food security interventions in Ethiopia. The Italian cooperation funding will […]
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