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Press Releases
5 February 2021
Del Re: the pandemic poses a historic challenge to international humanitarian law

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, participated in the closing event of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law of Sanremo. Speaking immediately after the message of greetings from the President of the Republic, the Vice Minister stressed how Italy has always been […]

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Press Releases
28 January 2021
Del Re. Italy at the forefront for a global multilateral response to COVID-19

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held a virtual meeting with the Executive Director of the Global Fund, Peter Sands. The Global Fund, established at the instigation of the Italian Presidency of the G8 in 2001, will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year, as one of the actors involved […]

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Press Releases
26 January 2021
UN: Sereni, strengthen peacebuilding activities during the pandemic

“As Secretary-General Guterres recently said, ‘The pandemic has demonstrated the fragility of our world’. Keeping violence in conflict under control has become more difficult everywhere. As a result, the importance of UN peacebuilding activities has increased considerably. This the statement of Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni, speaking at the UN Peacebuilding Fund Refinancing Conference. “Crisis […]

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Press Releases
11 January 2021
Press release by Luigi Di Maio

“For close to a year now, the world has been facing one of the most complex challenges in history, as it struggles against a devious and invisible enemy that has radically changed our way of life. The pandemic has also violently affected Western democracies, bringing our economies to their knees and forcing us to restrict […]

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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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Press Releases
17 December 2020
The 9th Session of the Italian-Ukrainian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation, chaired by Deputy Minister Di Stefano, kicks off with a welcome address by Minister Di Maio

The 9th Session of the Italian-Ukrainian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation was held in virtual format. Minister Luigi Di Maio kicked off the Council meeting with a video-message in which he emphasised the strengthening of Italian-Ukrainian relations during 2020, through the exchange of visits at the highest level and also recalled the mutual […]

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Press Releases
14 December 2020
Minister Luigi Di Maio receives the Netherlands’ Foreign Minister, Stef Blok, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has met the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Stef Blok, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a side meeting within the strategic Italian/Dutch Van Wittel – Vanvitelli Round Table.   Minister Di Maio has first expressed the hope that bilateral cooperation will […]

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Press Releases
9 December 2020
Vice Minister Sereni: Cooperation for energy transition in the Mediterranean

“We are aware of the challenges in terms of the energy transition in the North African and Middle East region. Italy intends to act as a bridge builder in the Mediterranean, and to facilitate the transition to green energy. To do so a strong partnership is required between the OECD and the other Countries in […]

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