Farnesina will host the 14th Session of the Italo-Russian Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation Council co-chaired by Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Arkady Dvorkovich. The meeting will be attended by high-level government officials and representatives of major Italian and Russian businesses. The sessions of the programme opened to the media are the following:
9:00 a.m. Opening addresses by Minister Gentiloni and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (Farnesina)
- 2:00 p.m. approx. Joint press conference (Villa Madama)
Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event are requested to apply for online accreditation by filling the interactive form at the link http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp, attaching thereto, unless already provided, the information requested in digital format (letter from the media organisation and, for representatives of foreign media, also a Note Verbale released by the Embassy in Rome of the media organisation’s Country).
If it is not possible to complete the online accreditation procedure, applications should be sent by email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s Institutional Press and Communication Service at the following address: accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel. + 39 06/3691.3432 or +39 06/36918573).
Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the opening addresses by Minister Gentiloni and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, should enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from the rear entrance on Via della Macchia della Farnesina, from 8:00 am to 8:45 a.m.
Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the joint press conference of Minister Gentiloni and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich should enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from the rear entrance on Via della Macchia della Farnesina, from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Villa Madama will be closed to private traffic and therefore a shuttle bus service for accredited journalists from Via Macchia della Farnesina to Villa Madama and return will start running from 12:30 p.m. until the end of the event.