Giro at the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in Antigua de Guatemala
Under-Secretary Giro will participate tomorrow as an invited observer in the Ministerial Meeting of the Association of Caribbean States, held in Antigua de Guatemala. The under-secretary will meet with the foreign minister of Guatemala, who recently spoke in Rome at a conference for the presentation of Italian initiatives and programmes to ensure security in Central […]
Read moreGambia: Chief Engineer of Motopeschereccio Idra Q Massimo Liberati released
The authorities of Gambia have released Massimo Liberati, Chief Engineer of Motopeschereccio Idra Q, who was arrested on 2 March along with Commander Sandro De Simone on the charge of using fishing nets non-compliant with Gambian regulations. Liberati’s release was secured upon receipt of the ship owner’s guarantee of payment of a fine set by […]
Read more8 March International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is an opportunity to confirm Italy’s commitment to gender issues, the elimination of all forms of exploitation and discrimination and the struggle to end violence against women and girls. Our country, in particular, supports the role of women as builders of peace and development with cooperation projects aimed at confronting the consequences […]
Read moreEnvironment: Farnesina, Green Embassies Forum set up in Rome (FOAV Roma)
The Forum of Green Embassies (FOAV Roma), a new working group of the foreign embassies in Rome interested in promoting the application of the highest environmental standards, was set up in Rome on the impetus of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Embassy of France in Rome. In the year of […]
Read moreEuropean Day of the Righteous: remembering evil is a foundation for cultivating memory and doing good
The European Day of the Righteous is a highly important event to raise awareness that the memory of evil can and must act as a foundation for cultivating memory and doing good. We must learn from the tragedies of the past to ensure that human dignity remains at the centre of our political and institutional […]
Read moreLibya: Gentiloni meets United Nations Special Representative, Bernardino León
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino León, in Rome today, 4 March 2015. Immediately after his meeting with Gentiloni, León will have a conference call with the United Nations Security Council. Minister Gentiloni assured León of Italy’s full support and […]
Read moreLibya: Resumption of political dialogue must lead rapidly to formation of Government of National Unity, says Gentiloni
Resumption of political dialogue must lead rapidly to formation of Government of National Unity that can stabilise the country, says Gentiloni. The international community is ready to tackle the challenge. “The expected resumption in Morocco of the intra-Libyan political dialogue process facilitated by the United Nations must lead, as soon as possible, to the formation […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary Giro’s mission to Uruguay comes to an end
The mission to Uruguay by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, came to an end yesterday evening, 2 March 2015. Under-Secretary Giro attended in the inauguration ceremony for the new President, Tabaré Vázquez. “We’re now working to revitalise Italian-Uruguayan relations, especially economic”, commented Giro. During the inauguration ceremony the Under-Secretary also […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary Della Vedova, mission to Minsk
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will arrive tomorrow in Minsk for meetings with authorities of the Republic of Belarus that will include Deputy Foreign Minister Alena Kupchina and Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko. Della Vedova will also meet in Minsk with representatives of the political opposition and of local NGOs […]
Read moreSyria. Attacks in Hasake Province. Unacceptable genocide, says Gentiloni. Preserve Middle East cultural and religious patrimony
“I wish to express my firmest condemnation of the religious and ethnic-related violence systematically and viciously perpetrated by the Daesh against local Syrian populations”. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni commented thus on the news of the kidnapping and murder of dozens of Christian civilians in Syrian orthodox villages in the northeast […]
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