On 21 May 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. The conversation focused on the situation in Libya and the Covid-19 emergency.
Read moreThanks to the relentless work of the Consulate General of Italy in Miami, in close collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Washington and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a solution has been reached for the case of compatriots stranded on the cruise ships of the Royal Caribbean company stationed off Florida. The “Freedom of the […]
Read moreToday Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano had a video call with Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, with whom he discussed the revival of bilateral and regional cooperation during and after the health and economic crisis caused by Covid-19. The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his condolences for the Italian victims of the pandemic […]
Read moreUndersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto chaired a meeting today with the Italian Ambassadors in neighbouring and neighbouring countries. The videoconference was the occasion for a confrontation in view of the liberalization of movements, without quarantine obligation, to and from the EU, Schengen area and the United Kingdom from next June 3. The meeting addressed issues such as […]
Read moreThe online series #Italiandigitaltownhall continues. It is dedicated to Italians in the front line against Covid-19 in the United States. After the meeting of last May 15 dedicated to New York, the Ambassador of Italy in Washington, Armando Varricchio, opened the second appointment, dedicated to the Italian community of Boston and New England, in the […]
Read moreCOVID-19 emergency response, and the measures implemented to reopen the production activities, repatriate the compatriots stranded abroad, make availability medical supplies on the global market, develop a vaccine, manage the consequences of the crisis on trade and the global economy, support to the most at risk countries and fight against disinformation were among the main […]
Read moreOn 19 May 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh. Minister Di Maio thanked Vietnam for helping Italy to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and spoke about the friendship and strong economic ties between the […]
Read moreThe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economic and energy sectors in the broader Mediterranean was the topic of the virtual meeting Between Crises and Opportunities: The Pandemic’s Implications on the Economic and Energy Sectors in the Broader Mediterranean, second debate organised by ISPI in preparation of the annual Med Dialogues Conference, scheduled for […]
Read more“From June 3rd, Italy will start again at 360 degrees. We will be able to move between the regions and we are ready to welcome safely European citizens who want to spend their holidays in Italy. Our facilities are ready, prepared and in the vanguard”. This is how Minister Luigi Di Maio addressed his counterparts […]
Read moreThe Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs explains that “supporting these countries is not only a moral imperative and an act of solidarity but also an instrument of preventive diplomacy”. “The pandemic is a global threat that requires a global response necessarily. Helping the health systems of fragile countries and contributing to research, development and distribution […]
Read moreSince the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, more than 83 thousand compatriots from 118 countries have returned to Italy, with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thanks to more than 800 air, sea, and land operations. In the last two days 868 compatriots from Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Cuba have returned […]
Read moreItaly welcomes the agreement reached for the formation of a new Afghan government and praises the political forces that decided to coalesce around a common and inclusive project for a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan. We congratulate President Ghani for his second mandate at the helm of the Country and we welcome the creation of […]
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