Africa

Interviews

7 April 2020

Del Re: “Investire sull’Africa per il nostro futuro: la soluzione è nel multilaterale” (Limes)

In un recente articolo sul Financial Times il premier dell’Etiopia Abiy Ahmed, premio Nobel per la pace 2019, condivide la sua visione ai tempi del coronavirus: se non si elabora subito una strategia sanitaria adeguata per l’Africa, non soltanto il virus ritornerà ad infettare il resto del mondo, ma l’economia globale ne risentirà fortemente. “Le […]

Read more

Press Releases

6 March 2020

Telephone talk of Vice Minister Del Re with the Congolese Foreign Minister

During a telephone conversation this afternoon, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Emanuela Del Re updated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Congo Jean Claude Gakosso on the epidemiological situation in Italy and invited the Congolese authorities to take proportional and non-discriminatory measures against Italian citizens present in the country. Minister Gakosso […]

Read more

Diplomatic Network

5 March 2020

Del Re: second day of the visit to Sudan

On the second day of her visit to Sudan, the Vice Minister Del Re met the head of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fatah al Burhan, in Khartoum. Also on the same day, the Vice Minister visited the headquarters of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Khartoum and met representatives of Italian civil […]

Read more

Press Releases

5 March 2020

Vice Minister Sereni opens Conference on the role of young people in Africa

“Today more than ever, Africa is at the centre of Italian foreign policy and relations between us and the continent are increasingly close, as shown by the fact that our country is the main European investor on the ground, with investments of 9 billion euros in 2017″.  Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni stated that opening […]

Read more

Press Releases

4 March 2020

Visit by Vice Minister Del Re in sudan

Vice Minister Del Re is in Sudan for an institutional visit, the first of an exponent of the Italian Government since the dismissal of former President Bashir and the installation of the new transitional Government of Abdallah Hamdok. Today, the Deputy Minister had a series of meetings with the main State offices: Prime Minister Abdallah […]

Read more

Press Releases

29 February 2020

Afghanistan-U.S. Joint Statement for Peace and the settlement between the U.S. and the Taliban

Italy welcomes the conclusion of the Afghanistan-U.S. Joint Statement for Peace and the settlement between the U.S. and the Taliban, consistent with our belief that there can be no military solution to the Afghan conflict. It is our hope that inclusive intra-Afghan negotiations will start soon paving the way for lasting peace and security in […]

Read more

Events

27 February 2020

Training of Burkina Faso diplomats in Rome

In the presence of their colleagues from the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina), the diplomas were awarded to eight Burkinabe diplomats who, from 17 to 21 February, attended the Master in Geopolitics and International Relations at the SIOI in Rome. The intense training program ranged from international law to the international protection of human […]

Read more

In detail

26 February 2020

Meeting of Minister Luigi Di Maio with his Ethiopian counterpart Gedu Andargachew

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina) with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Gedu Andargachew. The talks were focused on the Horn of Africa regions, where the joint commitment of Italy and Ethiopia for stabilization and institutional and economic development […]

Read more

Press Releases

25 February 2020

Del Re visits Nouakchott: Italy supports security and development in the Sahel

The Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re participated, in Nouakchott, in the first General Assembly of the Sahel Alliance, an organisation that supports the G5 Sahel, of which Italy is a member, in their development efforts. Ms. Del Re also attended the G5 Sahel Summit. “Italy is on your side in tackling the challenges facing you […]

Read more

Press Releases

24 February 2020

Plane grounded in Mauritius

The Farnesina has been following from the very beginning the matter of the Italian plane grounded in Mauritius, in constant contact with Alitalia airline and the Embassy in Pretoria, responsible for this area, in order to ensure maximum assistance to Italians on board.

Read more

Interviews

23 February 2020

Intervista del Ministro degli Esteri italiano Luigi di Maio a BILD

Intervista al Ministro degli Esteri italiano Luigi di Maio (33 anni, “Movimento 5 stelle”) sulla guerra civile in Libia, su una nuova imminente crisi di rifugiati e sui rapporti italo-tedeschi dopo i duri attacchi verbali dell’ex Ministro degli Interni Matteo Salvini Domanda: Signor Ministro, alla conferenza sulla Libia a Berlino è stato concordato un cessate […]

Read more

Press Releases

13 February 2020

Del Re in Brussels, meeting on Africa and Cooperation

Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re attended an informal meeting today in Brussels with Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Ministers for Development Cooperation of the 27. The meeting was held in preparation for the 6th European Union – African Union Summit scheduled for next October. The aim is to […]

Read more