Inauguration of anti-Covid vaccine center at the Farnesina
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has opened a vaccination centre for employees and their families at its internal outpatient clinic. This is the first initiative of its kind by a central government department. The facility will also be open to public servants posted abroad, who are often employed in areas with a […]
Read moreMiddle East, Vice Minister Sereni received Ambassadors from Arab countries
Vice Minister Marina Sereni received a delegation of Ambassadors from Arab countries at the Foreign Ministry: the Ambassador of the Arab League and the Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar and Tunisia. The meeting had been requested in connection with the recent spiralling violence in the Middle East. At the meeting, […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Pastry, Ice Cream and Chocolate Making Federation
The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the International Pastry, Ice Cream and Chocolate Making Federation (Federazione Internazionale Pasticceria Gelateria e Cioccolateria, FIPGC), represented respectively by Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano and President Roberto Lestani, was held this morning. The Protocol regulates the […]
Read moreItaly opens a National Innovation Centre in Silicon Valley
This summer Italy will open its first overseas National Centre for Innovation and Culture in the United States, as an experimental model that can be replicated in other countries. Promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation following a proposal by the Embassy of Italy in Washington, in collaboration with the Consulate General […]
Read moreCooperation; Deputy Minister Sereni to the Joint Committee
Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the third annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, which was attended by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Giorgio Marrapodi, and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri. Luigi Maria Vignali, Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies, presented an information note […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Della Vedova on a mission to Madrid
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, is on an institutional mission today and tomorrow, to Madrid. He will have a series of discussions with his Spanish counterparts, as well as meeting representatives of the Italian community on the Iberian peninsula. The questions Deputy Minister Della Vedova will be discussing with the Spanish […]
Read moreCovid-19: Vice Minister Sereni, more vaccines for the Mediterranean area
“Italy has contributed to the multilateral response to the pandemic by providing Euro 416 million, Euro 385 million of which was for the Covax Facility. This is the international programme for access to the vaccine, which we believe to be the best tool for ensuring fair, safe, and effective distribution”. This was said at the […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano at G7 Trade Ministerial meeting
Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano today attended the G7 Trade Ministerial (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the European Commission). The meeting was also attended by the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. “We see this meeting as a valuable opportunity to take stock of […]
Read moreCorso per nuovi diplomatici intitolato ad Enzo Perlot
Il Corso di formazione dei giovani diplomatici vincitori del concorso 2021 è stato intitolato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale alla memoria dell’Ambasciatore Enzo Perlot (1933-2002). Attraverso un video che ripercorre il suo importante percorso professionale, il MAECI ricorda la figura dell’Ambasciatore e il suo aver rappresentato, lungo tutto il suo percorso […]
Read moreAmbassador Sequi takes on the position of SG of the Foreign Ministry
Today, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi takes on the position of Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He entered the diplomatic service in 1985 and held his first foreign posts in Teheran, New York and Tirana. In 2004, he was appointed Italian Ambassador to Kabul. In 2010 he served at the European Union as […]
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