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Press Releases
10 December 2020
Vice Minister Del Re in Somalia: a strategic partner for Italy

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, went to Mogadishu for her third visit to Somalia since 2018, to take part in a Donor’s Conference for the Reconstruction of Somalia’s National University (UNS), which Italian Cooperation has been supporting since it was founded in 1969. Speaking at the Conference, the […]

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Press Releases
9 December 2020
Tigray. Del Re: Italy is ready to help the civilians affected by the conflict

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held telephone talks with the Ethiopian Minister of Peace, Muferiat Kamil, for an update on the  humanitarian situation in the Tigray region. In relation to the Humanitarian Access Agreement signed between the Government of Ethiopia and the United Nations, the Vice Minister reiterated […]

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Press Releases
7 December 2020
Del Re with Portugal Secretary of State on the Cabo Delgado crisis

The Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, met via videoconference Teresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal. They focused on the situation in the province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique. Over the last three years, Cabo Delgado (in the north of the country) has been […]

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Press Releases
3 December 2020
Del Re holds talks with Finnish and German counterparts

The Vice Minister responsible for Development Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held separate telephone conversations with Finland’s Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Ville Skinnari, and Germany’s Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Gerd Mueller, within the framework of regular contacts with her European counterparts. The talks allowed a fruitful exchange of views […]

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Press Releases
3 December 2020
Vice Minister Del Re at the UN. Women and the youth essential for peace in Somalia

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re took part, via video conference, in the meeting of the UN’s Peacebuilding Commission for Somalia. The meeting, in which the Prime Minister and Minister of Woman and Human Rights Ibrahim also took part, was carried out on the vigil of the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. In this regard, the […]

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26 November 2020
Italian Economic Diplomacy 26 November: latest news from around the world

Bologna University is with Africa, for innovation and sustainable development The event entitled “Bologna University is with Africa, for innovation and sustainable development” will take place tomorrow, 27 November, in Bologna, from 18:00 to 20:30 pm, as part of the European Researchers’ Night 2020. The meeting will be attended by Giuseppe Mistretta, Central Director for […]

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Press Releases
26 November 2020
Del Re. Italy and South Africa join forces for the post-Covid recovery

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, spoke by video conference at the opening of the seventh edition of Southern Africa Europe CEO Dialogue, organised by The European House-Ambrosetti. “South Africa and Italy have consistently been united by profound relations. A deep and sincere friendship between two Nations, which are distant […]

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Press Releases
25 November 2020
Foreign Ministry Note – Di Stefano: Huge potential in Africa for renewable energy

Today Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano took part in the second African Union Commission’s (AUC) – International Energy Agency (IEA) Ministerial Forum. “The connection between energy and the environment forms to core of our work,” said the Deputy Minister, “smart cities, innovative energy technologies, sustainable investments – also from a post pandemic  viewpoint -, energy […]

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Press Releases
24 November 2020
Del Re at the EU FAC on Development: urgent action needed in Tigray

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, took part in the video conference of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in its ‘development’ format. During the meeting there was a discussion on debt relief and investments to achieve the SDGs. The Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, the Commissioner for International Partnerships, […]

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Press Releases
19 November 2020
Del Re: “The Sahel is the real border of Europe”

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened an online event organised by the CGIL trade union on “Peace and human mobility in the Sahel”. In her speech, the Vice Minister gave an appraisal of the situation in the region highlighting Italy’s growing role there. “In recent years, Africa has […]

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Press Releases
17 November 2020
Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel

The 9th semi-annual Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel, chaired by Italy, was held today in virtual mode. Opening the meeting together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Minister Di Maio reminded that the stability of the Sahel is of fundamental importance for the security not only […]

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