Asia e Oceania

In detail

13 December 2019

Minister Di Maio meets Uzbek Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov

Minister Di Maio met Uzbek Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov who was in Rome to attend the Italy-Central Asia Conference. “Italy wishes to play a more active role in Central Asia and take full advantage of the opportunities in the region. Uzbekistan plays a key role thanks in part to its industrial capacity and dynamic work force”.

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13 December 2019

Minister Di Maio meets Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister, Sirodjidin Muhriddin

On the sidelines of the Italy – Central Asia Conference, Minister Di Maio met Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister, Sirodjidin Muhriddin. “The geo-political and economic capital of Central Asia is set to grow. The upcoming visit by Tajik President Rahmon to Italy will open up new prospects for bilateral cooperation”.    

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13 December 2019

Minister Luigi Di Maio at the Italy – Central Asia Conference

Minister Luigi Di Maio opened the Italy – Central Asia Conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, referring to it as “an important occasion to make public institutions and Italian enterprises in particular more aware of opportunities in the countries in the region”. The conference was organised by the Ministry of Foreign […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 December 2019

High Street Italia opens in Seoul, a showroom of Italian products of excellence

A great opportunity has opened for Italian companies in Korea: yesterday, ‘High Street Italia’, a permanent showroom for Italian products of excellence, was opened in Seoul. Located in one of Seoul’s trendiest shopping districts, High Street Italia is an instrument and a container available to all Italian companies that want to promote and advertise their […]

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Diplomatic Network

10 December 2019

​Seoul: extraordinary success of “I Magnifici Tre”

Three Italian soloists – Francesco Buzzurro at the guitar, Giuseppe Milici at the harmonica, Nicola Giammarinaro at the clarinet – who have long been performing under the label of ‘I Magnifici Tre’ (The Magnificent Three), recorded an extraordinary success in their Seoul concert. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in conjunction with the Italian Embassy, […]

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Diplomatic Network

10 December 2019

​Yangon: Italian and Burmese musicians perform together

Six artists of the Filarmonica dell’Opera italiana (FOI) “Bruno Bartoletti” held in Yangon on Saturday, 7 December, a concert organised by the Italian Embassy in Myanmar, titled “Uniting through Music”. Tenor Reinaldo Droz sang pieces and arias by Verdi, Donizetti, Mascagni and Puccini, to the accompaniment of Italian musicians and the youths of the “Orchestra […]

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Events

9 December 2019

Civil Protection training delivered to “Psids” Officials

This morning, the Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Globalisation, Luca Sabbatucci, and the Director of the Civil Protection Department, Agostino Miozzo, opened the training week that Italy offers at the Farnesina to a delegation of high-level officials from Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), in which to exchange experiences and best practices in the area […]

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In detail

2 December 2019

100 Events to celebrate the Week of Italian Cuisine in China

Over 100 events in 14 Chinese cities. These are the numbers of the Week of Italian Cuisine in China which included a series of seminars, conferences, cooking classes, culinary competitions, tastings, concerts and photographic exhibitions not only in the larger cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton and Chongqing, but also in places like Sanya, […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 November 2019

Undersecretary Di Stefano in Pakistan: broad bilateral cooperation

Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano’s mission to Pakistan wound up after a tight two-day schedule of meetings with Islamabad authorities, which started with the Interior Minister, Ijaz Ahmad Shah. With his interlocutor, Di Stefano discussed about cooperating on combating irregular migration flows, as Pakistan is the second country of origin of clandestine migrant flows to Italy. The […]

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Press Releases

27 November 2019

Undersecretary Di Stefano in Pakistan: broad bilateral cooperation

Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano’s mission to Pakistan wound up after a tight two-day schedule of meetings with Islamabad authorities, which started with the Interior Minister, Ijaz Ahmad Shah. With his interlocutor, Di Stefano discussed about cooperating on combating irregular migration flows, as Pakistan is the second country of origin of clandestine migrant flows to Italy. The […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 November 2019

Mumbai hosts a dislay on LGBTQ community in India

The Italian Cultutal Institute in Mumbai organised an exhibit showcasing the beauty along with the hardships in the life of an  LGBTQ community in India, joining in the programme of events to support “Orange the World”, the United Nations campaign for the elimination of gender violence. The project, developed by Italian artist Diana Linda and Italian photographer […]

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In detail

25 November 2019

Italian Cuisine Week: Yangon hosts a Renaissance dinner in honour of Leonardo

A gala dinner with a special Renaissance menu to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci was the highlight of the Italian Cuisine Week in Yangon. In addition, the evening’s programme also saw all the city’s Italian restaurants offer ‘dedicated’ menus at special prices to exalt the qualities of our food and […]

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