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Press Releases
23 February 2021
Foreign Ministry Note – Attack in the DR of Congo

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will spare no effort, in coordination with all the competent State apparatuses, to accurately establish the facts relating to the tragic attack in the DRC in which Ambassador Luca Attanasio and Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci lost their lives. In this regard, as in every tragic circumstance involving our fellow citizens abroad, […]

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Press Releases
22 February 2021
Statement by Minister Luigi Di Maio

It is with great dismay and immense sorrow that I have learnt of the death, today, of our Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and of a Carabinieri policeman. Two servants of the State who have been violently snatched from us in the performance of their duty. The circumstances of this brutal attack are […]

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Press Releases
16 February 2021
G5 Sahel Summit of Heads of State

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated today in the 7th Summit of the Heads of State of the G5 Sahel countries (Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad), held in virtual mode and attended by the main international and regional partners of the G5S. In his address, the Foreign […]

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Press Releases
5 February 2021
Italy welcomes the outcome of the vote in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum

Italy welcomes the outcome of the vote with which today, in Geneva, the 75 delegates of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) appointed the President, the two Vice Presidents of the Presidential Council and the Prime Minister. We congratulate the candidates elected at the end of a process led by the Libyans, for the Libyans. […]

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Interviews
2 February 2021
Vice Minister Del Re: “Free access for assisting refugees” (Avvenire)

Italy is asking for wide-ranging and unreserved humanitarian access to the Tigray Region, through the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re. After days of denials, the first openings have been granted by Ethiopia. Everything needs to be verified in the coming days, but strong international pressure has been put on Addis Ababa to […]

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Press Releases
1 February 2021
Tigray – Vice Minister Del Re asks Ethiopia for full and unreserved humanitarian access

The Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, had a telephone conversation with Redwan Hussien, Ethiopia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, who briefed her on developments in the security and humanitarian situation in Tigray. Vice Minister Del Re expressed deep concern about the situation on the ground and pledged to […]

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Press Releases
27 January 2021
Vice Minister Del Re: Italy’s presence in Africa has increased in recent years

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the “Beyond the Mediterranean – a strategic perspective for cooperation between Italy and Africa” Webinar, organised by the Think Tank Agenda and the Treccani Italian Encyclopaedia Institute. The Vice Minister began by highlighting the contents of the “Partnership with Africa”, the public […]

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Press Releases
25 January 2021
Del Re: Europe must pursue a strong partnership with Africa

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the seminar of the European Council on Foreign Relations on the topic of “Africa-Europe Relations in 2021”, attended, among others, by the Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Francisco André. The Vice Minister began her address by recalling how […]

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Press Releases
25 January 2021
Ethiopia. Italian Cooperation’s Contribution in response to the Country’s humanitarian crisis

At Vice-Minister Emanuela Del Re’s urging, Italian Cooperation passed an emergency contribution amounting to Euro 500,000 in favour of the “Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund”. This is a multi-donor fund managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), dedicated to financing humanitarian projects set up by the United Nations Agencies and the […]

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Press Releases
28 December 2020
Ethiopia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has expressed his satisfaction that the Ethiopian Authorities have granted conditional release to the two former members of the Mengistu regime who have been living in the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa for almost 30 years. This puts an end – in the desired […]

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Press Releases
17 December 2020
Del Re: accompanying Africa’s socio-economic transformation

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, participated in a webinar on Italy’s African policy and its transatlantic relations opportunities. The webinar was organised by the US Think Tank, The German Marshall Fund (GMF) in collaboration with Italy’s Embassy in Washington. Responding to questions from GMF Executive Director Ian Lesser and […]

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