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Press Releases
26 May 2023
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, meets with the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, had talks today with the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor. In congratulating Minister Pandor on her appointment as Special Envoy for peace in Ukraine to the G7 countries, the Deputy Prime Minister […]

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25 May 2023
Message from Italian Minister Antonio Tajani for Africa Day 2023

Today, we celebrate both Africa Day and the 60th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity, which was founded on 25 May 1963 and became the African Union in 2002. Despite being so close to us, Africa is a continent that is all too often forgotten; the Italian government wants to draw the attention of […]

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Press Releases
24 May 2023
With 32 million people struggling from drought and conflict, donors at UN-backed event announce US$2.4 billion to support people in the Horn of Africa

(24 May 2023, New York) With the Horn of Africa facing the combined impacts of a historic drought, conflict and economic shocks, donors at a United Nations-backed event today announced US$2.4 billion to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance for nearly 32 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Famine has been averted, thanks in part […]

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24 May 2023
Minister Tajani attended the International Donors’ Conference on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani spoke at the United Nations Humanitarian Conference on the Horn of Africa organised in cooperation with the Governments of Italy, Qatar, the United Kingdom, the United States, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya in coordination with OCHA – United Nations Office for the […]

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Press Releases
22 May 2023
Participation of the Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, in the World Health Assembly

The Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, carried out a joint mission to Geneva on the occasion of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the annual meeting of the main decision-making body of the World Health Organisation. Minister Schillaci and Deputy Minister Cirielli jointly […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 May 2023
“Triptych” Art Exhibition Inaugurated in Accra

The new art exhibition “Triptych”, promoted by the Italian Embassy in Ghana and Togo, was inaugurated in Accra, in the presence of the Ghanaian Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mark Okraku-Mantey, the Ghanaian Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Nana Dokua Asiemah-Adjei, and members of the Parliament of Ghana. Italian Ambassador Daniela d’Orlandi […]

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Press Releases
15 May 2023
Visit by the Deputy Minister, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, to the Ciheam in Bari

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, visited the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute in Bari (Ciheam), accompanied by Ambassador Teresa Castaldo, Director General for Development Cooperation. Vice Minister Cirielli met with officials, researchers and the 80 scholarship holders from over 15 Mediterranean countries and Africa. Deputy Justice Minister Sisto and Health […]

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Press Releases
8 May 2023
Meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, with the Ambassadors of African countries

A meeting was held today at Villa Madama between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, and the Ambassadors of African countries. Hon. Tajani said: “Africa is a priority region for our foreign policy, to which we want to keep on committing ourselves in order to achieve […]

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Press Releases
16 April 2023
Dichiarazioni del VPC e Ministro degli Esteri, On. Antonio Tajani, sulla prosecuzione degli scontri armati a Khartoum e appello alla cessazione immediata dei combattimenti

Gli scontri militari in Sudan sono entrati fra gli argomenti in discussione al Vertice dei Ministri degli Esteri del G7 che è iniziato oggi a Karuizawa, in Giappone. Il Vice Presidente del Consiglio e Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, On. Antonio Tajani, ha dichiarato che “il Governo italiano esprime vivissima preoccupazione per […]

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Diplomatic Network
5 April 2023
Italy-South Africa: new frontiers in scientific cooperation

Together with the daily newspaper Il Sole24Ore and the University of Johannesburg, the Italian Embassy in South Africa has recently organised a conference on cooperation between Italy and South Africa in the field of applied scientific research. The event, which took place on the University’s campus in hybrid mode (over 6,000 viewers watched online), was […]

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Press Releases
30 March 2023
Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli presides over the second annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation 2023

Today, 30 March, the Italian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, chaired the second meeting of the 2023 Joint Committee for Development Cooperation. The body, which is responsible for approving the funding of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for development initiatives, approved the allocation of over EUR […]

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