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2 October 2017

Minister Alfano meets Libyan Vice Premier Maitig

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, met Libya’s Deputy Premier, Ahmed Maitig, at the Farnesina on Monday. They discussed the main developments in the country and the prospects for bilateral partnership, with particular reference to the economy and security. Minister Alfano said: “Italy supports the work of the UN envoy to Libya […]

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29 September 2017

​Ministry approves programmes for over 60 million euros

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, chaired the Joint Development Cooperation Committee today.”Among the recipients of the programmes and initiatives that were approved this afternoon,” said the Minister when opening the session, “there are Countries that play a key role in managing migration flows, such as Tunisia, Libya and Sudan.””With respect […]

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28 September 2017

Minister Alfano meets Libyan Deputy Premier Maitig

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, met the Libyan Deputy Premier, Ahmed Maitig, in Tripoli. The two Ministers confirmed they share a common vision for the development of Libya and are  determined to follow up the Italo-Libyan Economic Forum, that Alfano and Maitig co-chaired in  Agrigento last July. “We are aware […]

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26 September 2017

MigraVenture

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, attended an event at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the methods and results of the MigraVenture programme. It was funded by the Italian Cooperation Service as part of the voluntary multilateral contribution to the International Organisation for Migration. MigraVenture is an […]

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26 September 2017

Meeting between Minister Alfano and Italian NGOs

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation yesterday, Minister Angelino Alfano met a large group of NGOs potentially interested in working in Libya. “I wanted to organise this meeting on my return from New York to inform you of the launch of a first request for tenders to provide humanitarian aid in Libya. […]

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Press Releases

22 September 2017

UNGA. Meeting between Minister Alfano and the Prime Minister of Somalia, Hassan Ali Khayre

“Somalia has made significant progress, and is going in the right direction. The country is engaged in defining a State-building process and is facing up to issues that hinder stability: from fighting militant groups, Al Shabaab and Daesh, to economic development and climate change. Mogadishu knows that it can count on Italian aid and support” […]

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21 September 2017

Alfano: “Italy to deliver emergency aid to Bangladesh and the Philippines”.

“In order to tackle two of the most severe humanitarian crises -the dramatic issue of the Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh, and the severe emergency on the Island of  Mindanao in The Philippines –  I am issuing, via the Italian Cooperation, two multilateral funding operations amounting to a total of 1 million euro”.  This was […]

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21 September 2017

Hurricane Irma in Cuba: Alfano: “Italy pledges humanitarian support”.

“Italy is eager to contribute towards humanitarian efforts following the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Irma after its passage over Cuba a few days ago”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, said these words to announce the multilateral emergency funding made available today by the Italian Cooperation Service to benefit the World […]

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19 September 2017

UNGA. AVSI side-event on refugees and migrants. Alfano presents the “Italian way: combining development aid and need of security”

“I am Sicilian, a man born in the Mediterranean: the enormous political, humanitarian and social tragedy of migrants hurts my soul. In the last three years, 600,000 refugees have landed in Italy: almost the population of Washington DC. We have been capable of tackling this crisis by combining solidarity and security,” said the Minister of […]

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16 September 2017

Development Cooperation. Alfano: “Chad and Niger: humanitarian and development initiatives approved for a total of 7 million euros”

“Libya’s southern neighbouring Countries are the focus of our development actions: I have in fact arranged for the approval of new humanitarian and development initiatives for a total of 7 million euros for vulnerable groups in Chad and Niger through the Italian Cooperation service,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. […]

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14 September 2017

Sudan – Italy’s commitment to reintegrating ex-combatants in Sudan

A ceremony was held in Khartoum at the headquarters of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Program (“DDR”) to mark the occasion for putting into operation the computer equipment recently donated to Sudan organisations by Cooperation Italy, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (“AICS”) in Khartoum.  Attendees at the ceremony included the General Commissioner of […]

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13 September 2017

Alfano: “Italy supports the WFP’s school canteen programme in Mali”

“Through the Italian Cooperation service, I have arranged for an immediate half-million-euro contribution to the World Food Program to fund a school canteen programme in Mali,” announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. He continued: “The programmes promoting school canteens represent an important educational instrument by enabling minors to have at […]

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