Italy-Iran: Meetings at the Farnesina for consultations on consular matters
“We feel it is vital to engage in dialogue with Iran on issues for concrete collaboration and today’s meeting reflects the encouraging developments arising from the election of President Rohani”. This was the comment of the Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General, Michele Valensise, as he welcomed the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Consular Affairs, Seyed […]
Read moreForeign Minister Emma Bonino meets Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Mrs. Maria Van Der Hoeven
Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s meeting today with the Executive Director of International Energy Agency (IEA), Mrs. Maria Van Der Hoeven, was an occasion of cordial relations and concrete discussions. Mrs. Maria Van Der Hoeven was in Rome to take part in the workshop organised by the Foreign Ministry on “Energy and the Environment: synergies for […]
Read moreItaly is closely monitoring developments in the Egyptian situation, which will be the topic of tomorrow’s European meeting in Vilnius
Italy is closely monitoring developments in the Egyptian situation, which will be the topic of tomorrow’s European meeting in Vilnius. Meanwhile we are calling for the cessation of all forms of violence and the immediate launch of an inclusive political process open to the concrete participation of all the political forces. Egypt urgently needs to […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Pistelli in Geneva speaks at ECOSOC
The fundamental role of decentalised cooperation, the importance of drafting policies against social inequality, recognition of the need to involve parliaments in development processes; these were the salient features of the speech delivered by Deputy Minister Lapo Pistalli at the ECOSOC meeting in Geneva. “Democratic decentralization can be a potent instrument in fighting poverty and […]
Read moreDeputy Foreign Minister Archi visits National Museum of Italian Emigration
Deputy Foreign Minister with the remit for policies regarding Italians abroad Bruno Archi made a visit this morning to the National Museum of Italian Emigration, part of the Vittoriano museum complex in Rome. Participants in the visit included members of parliament elected in foreign jurisdictions and members of the Committee on Questions Concerning Italians Abroad […]
Read moreAnnual meeting in Rome with Ambassadors of UNESCAP
Minister Bonino participated in the 3rd annual meeting in Rome with the ambassadors of the Asian country members of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Members of the group include the Mission Heads of China, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino receives Iraqi Deputy Premier Al Shawys in Rome
Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino received Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Al Shawys in Rome today at the head of a ministerial delegation, on a visit to Italy with the aim of increasing trade and investments and of encouraging the ever-increasing contribution of Italian small and medium sized enterprises to the diversification of Iraqi production. […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary Giro hails Italy’s election to the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property
Italy was elected yesterday to a 4-year seat on the newly-constituted Consultative Committee of the UNESCO Convention (1970)on the Means ofProhibitingand Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. “This is a system success that rewards the many years of commitment by the MFA, MiBAC and the Carabinieri Corps for the […]
Read morePistelli: Italy to rapidly complete ratification of 2005 amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials on the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism
“As we did a few weeks ago in ratifying the Istanbul Convention on the Prevention of Violence against Women, the Italian government intends to rapidly complete ratification of the 2005 amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials on the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism”, reported Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli today […]
Read moreSomalia: Bonino meets Igad secretary in Rome, Horn of Africa a priority for Italy
Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional institution that groups the countries of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Eritrea) and is active in one of the […]
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