Annual 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 […]
Read moreUnder-Secretary Giro: “Culture a resource for the country’s recovery. Every euro invested in the Italian Cultural Institutes generates 1.39 in private resources
Speaking in the margins of the Federculture national assembly, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro stated that “Italy is an unwitting and sometimes reluctant cultural power. We have to change. Culture is an opportunity for economic growth in terms of exports, internationalisation and foreign investments. In order to tap that potential there has to be […]
Read moreDatagate: Bonino requests clarification
Regarding the well known Datagate affair, yesterday Italy requested immediate verification from its American counterparts through the intervention of the foreign ministry, including the necessary clarification regarding this highly sensitive situation. For its part, the U.S. quickly assured that every clarification would be forthcoming both as concerns the EU and its Member States. We are […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Pistelli in Yemen
“We would like to see more tourism boosted and security strengthened in Sana’a”, was Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli’s comment as he visited Yemen. Prospects for the speedy resumption of the Italian Cooperation’s activities, and an update on the country’s domestic situation, were the two main agenda items in meetings with President Hadi and Foreign, […]
Read moreMinister Bonino welcomes announcement of TAP project selection
Minister Bonino has welcomed the announcement that the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project has been selected to build the European section of the Southern Gas Corridor. The pipeline will carry growing quantities of Azerbaijani gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe. The Memorandum of Understanding signed by Albania on 23 May 2013 with Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina […]
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