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Press Releases
6 May 2021
Bilateral meetings of Minister Di Maio with the Foreign Ministers of Palestine and Slovakia and with the Minister for the Malian Diaspora

Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has returned to Rome with many commitments. Following the two days of work at the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting – which met in London to discuss crisis scenarios and post-COVID recovery – the Minister will be having the first of three bilateral meetings […]

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Press Releases
20 April 2021
President of Chad Idriss Déby Itno dies

We have learned with dismay of the death of the President of the Republic of Chad, Idriss Déby Itno. The Foreign Ministry extends its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased and expresses its strongest condemnation of any use of violence to gain political power. Chad is a crucial partner for Italy in the […]

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9 April 2021
Meeting with the President of the Transition, Bah N’Daw

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is on a mission to Mali, where he met with the President of the Transition, Bah N’Daw. During the meeting, Minister Di Maio confirmed Italy’s commitment to the stabilization of the Sahel, collaboration with the Coalition for the Sahel and the G5 Sahel, […]

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9 April 2021
Meeting with the Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the Prime Minister of Mali, Moctar Ouane. The agenda included the relaunch of bilateral relations between Italy and Mali, the cooperation to achieve peace and stability in the Sahel region and the fight against terrorism thanks to the Italian participation in the Takuba […]

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9 April 2021
Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zeini Moulaye

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with his Malian counterpart, Zeini Moulaye.  The talks focused on the upcoming opening of the Italian Embassy in Mali, in Bamako, aimed at developing relations between the two countries and stabilising the Sahel region.  

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8 April 2021
Minister Luigi Di Maio’s mission to Mali

Today and tomorrow Minister Luigi Di Maio will visit Mali, a strategic country for Italy where an embassy will soon be opened. On the agenda: – Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zeini Moulaye – Meeting with the Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane – Meeting with the Minister of Malians Abroad and African Integration of the […]

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Press Releases
8 April 2021
Minister Di Maio’s visit to Mali

Strengthening cooperation on migration and security issues will be at the center of the talks that Minister Luigi Di Maio will hold today and tomorrow during  his two-day visit to Bamako, Mali’s capital. Today the Minister’s agenda includes meetings with Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zeini Moulaye and Minister of Malians Abroad […]

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Press Releases
24 March 2021
Foreign Ministry Note – Yemen

Italy welcomes Saudi Arabia’s announcement of a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen and halt of military operations there. This is an important signal, which gives new impetus to the UN-led negotiations and opens up prospects for improving humanitarian conditions in the country and achieving a lasting peace. Italy reaffirms its full support to the Special Envoy […]

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Events
23 March 2021
The 2021 ISPI Prize is awarded to the memory of Luca Attanasio

This year’s ISPI Prize has been awarded to the memory of Luca Attanasio, the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo who died tragically last February, together with Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo. The award ceremony was attended by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Fico, the Secretary General […]

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