Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Christodoulides
On 07 May 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Christodoulides. At the heart of the agenda is the situation in the region, the European Union, the Mediterranean, the COVID19 emergency.
Read moreCovid19, the Memorandum of Cooperation with Japan has been signed
On 7 May, during a videoconference between the two Health Ministers, Italy and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the health field. The Memorandum strengthens the framework of international medical-scientific collaborations promoted by our country to combat the spread of COVID-19 and identify effective treatments and a vaccine against the virus. In particular, the […]
Read moreSereni: dialogue between Europe and Mediterranean countries and Middle East
Today, Deputy Minister Marina Sereni has introduced the first MED Virtual Regional Meeting, organised by The Foreign Ministry, Ispi and the European University Institute. The event entitled: “Regional dynamics in a time of quarantine: rethinking the EU engagement in the post-pandemic Middle East” is part of the preparatory work for Rome MED Dialogues 2020.
Read moreParticipation of Minister Di Maio by videoconference at the Foreign Affairs – Defence Table
On 7 May 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, took part in a videoconference at the Foreign Affairs – Defence Table.
Read moreTelephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya Fāyez al-Sarrāj
On 6 May 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya Fāyez al-Sarrāj.
Read moreEmanuela Del Re holds telephone talk with Secretary of State Anne-Marie Trevelyan
The Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re held a telephone conversation with the UK Secretary of State for International Development Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan, to exchange views on Italy’s and the United Kingdom’s contribution to the global response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Del Re and Ms. Trevelyan exchanged information on the two countries’ respective re-orientation […]
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Sparkle boosts its Pacific routes by adding a fibre pair on Google’s Curie submarine cable Sparkle announces the enhancement of its American backbone and boosting of its Pacific routes with a new fibre pair on the Curie submarine cable system connecting Chile to the US. Google-owned Curie is the first direct new generation US-Chile cable […]
Read moreNATO and Italian National Institute of Health project for Covid 19 diagnostic tests
Developing rapid diagnostic kits for the detection of coronavirus-specific antibodies and antigens. This is the objective of the two-year scientific cooperation project of NATO, through the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) programme, presented today, in cooperation with the Italian National Institute of Health and Tor Vergata University together with the University Hospital in Basel, […]
Read moreTelephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Dominic Raab
On 6 May 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs And International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Dominic Raab. The conversation addressed the fight against Covid-19, the respective presidencies of G7 and G20 next year, the partnership on COP26 and the promotion of a […]
Read moreDel Re: Covid19, Italy adheres to UN women’s rights appeal
Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re has joined, on behalf of Italy, the joint statement, promoted at the United Nations by South Africa and Sweden and signed by 59 countries, for the protection of women’s sexual and reproductive rights and the promotion of the gender perspective in response to Coronavirus pandemic. “Our country has always been […]
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