Meeting between Minister Di Maio and the EU High Representative Josep Borrell
On 13 October the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio went to Brussels, where he met the EU High Representative Josep Borrell. The meeting focused on some strategic foreign policy issues for Italy: Libya, Turkey, the Eastern Mediterranean and the relaunch of the EU Southern Neighbourhood Policy.
Read moreSudan. Vice Minister Del Re to Foreign Minister: peace agreement in Juba, well done
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation with the interim Foreign Minister of Sudan, Omar Gamareldin Ismail. The Sudanese Minister thanked Italy for its assistance in dealing with Coronavirus emergency in Sudan through numerous initiatives of our Development Cooperation and for the recent sending of a humanitarian flight containing first aid material in […]
Read moreVM Sereni celebrates twenty years of Palermo Convention
The Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni opened, together with UNODOC Executive Director Ghada Waly, the videoconference work on the event for the 20th anniversary of the Palermo Convention – signed in December 2000 – promoted by Italy together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “Almost 20 years after the signing of […]
Read moreVM Del Re receives Bioversity International General Manager
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re received at the Foreign Ministry Juan Luca Restrepo, General Manager of Bioversity International, an international organisation based in Maccarese and part of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) Consortium. The meeting enabled the Vice Minister to describe the most important current and future initiatives of the Bioversity International-CIAT […]
Read moreMinister di Maio participates in the EU Foreign Affairs Council
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Luxembourg today to participate in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union. The agenda is available at the following link: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/it/meetings/fac/2020/10/12/
Read moreDi Stefano: Aerospace is a leading sector of our economy
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano spoke this afternoon at the 84th Fiera del Levante in Bari on “The value of the aerospace sector for the country and the repercussions on the Apulia economic system”. “Today, aerospace must be reconnected to the difficult times we are going through,” the Undersecretary began. “This is a crucial sector with […]
Read moreDel Re with UN Deputy SG: great joy for the Nobel Prize at WFP
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a conversation in VTC with the Vice Secretary-General of the United Nations. Amina Mohammed. Both expressed great joy and satisfaction for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP), based in Rome. “In this award, there is also a little bit of Italy,” […]
Read moreItaly-France. Di Stefano: “Teaming up for recovery
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attraction of France. The meeting provided an opportunity to take stock of European cooperation in the economic and commercial field, in the current situation influenced by the current pandemic, also given the common prospects for […]
Read moreNobel, VM Sereni: multiplying efforts against hunger
“The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the World Food Programme is not only the well-deserved recognition of a UN agency that carries out unique and fundamentally important work in every emergency. It is a solicitation for all governments to understand how essential it is, even more so today considering the consequences of Covid19 pandemic, the […]
Read moreMs Sereni takes part in “The future of NATO” webinar
“More than 71 years after its birth, the Atlantic Alliance is going through a delicate phase of its existence in which it is called to face challenges of various magnitudes”. This was stated by the Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni at the webinar “The future of NATO”, promoted by the Aspen Institute. “Our shared democratic […]
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