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In detail
6 December 2019
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni meets the Chinese Special Representative for European Affairs

The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni met the Chinese Special Representative for European Affairs, Ambassador Wu Hongbo today. They discussed bilateral relations, EU-China relations and the wider Mediterranean.

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Press Releases
6 December 2019
Deputy Minister Del Re gives closing address at the MED “Women’s Forum”

The Women’s Forum was held today as part of the Rome MED Dialogues Conference; this year it was devoted to the role of women in peace processes and their contribution to economic development, with a special focus on energy transition. The working sessions were opened by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]

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In detail
5 December 2019
The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni opens the Med 2019 Women’s Forum

The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni opens the Med 2019 Women’s Forum: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is strongly committed to promoting radical change to ensure that women become part of the peace processes”.

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Events
5 December 2019
Anti-Corruption Committee – G20 ACWG Co-Chaired by Italy

The third annual meeting of the inter-institutional anti-corruption committee was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with the committee comprising about 20 people from ministries and central public administration offices, the judiciary and law enforcement officials. The committee coordinates the work of Italian delegations to international organisations that deal with preventing […]

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In detail
5 December 2019
Meeting of the Italian Ambassadors to the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries

  The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni gave the opening speech at the meeting of Italian Ambassadors to the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries as they attended the fifth edition of Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues 2019. The meeting, which will be addressed by Minister Di […]

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Diplomatic Network
4 December 2019
Del Re opens the Seminar on the participation of women in peace processes

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the High-Level Seminar “Increasing the participation of women in peace processes. What roles and responsibilities for Member States?”, organised by UNWomen in partnership with Italy. The Opening Session also scheduled addresses by the Deputy Executive Director of UNWomen, Asa Regnér, and Nobel […]

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Diplomatic Network
2 December 2019
The 35 new diplomats reporting for duty were welcomed by SG Belloni

The 35 winners of the 2019 diplomatic competition made their official entry today into the ranks of Italian diplomacy, welcomed by the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni.   The first nine months of their lives as young diplomats will be dedicated to attending a professional training course, named after Ambassador Roberto Ducci, […]

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Press Releases
2 December 2019
Two Venezuelan opposition MPs arrive in Italy

Mariela Magallanes and Americo De Grazia, two Venezuelan opposition MPs, arrived at Fiumicino Airport today. The two MPs, both with a dual Italian-Venezuelan nationalities, found a safe haven at the Italian Embassy in Caracas on 8 and 9 May last after their parliamentary immunity had been revoked with the charge of having supported an attempted […]

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Press Releases
29 November 2019
Italy’s re-election to the IMO Executive Council

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the re-election of Italy in Category A of the Executive Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the period 2020-2021. The re-election took place today in London during the activities of the 31st General Assembly of the Organization, which has the task of promoting the development and safety […]

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Press Releases
28 November 2019
Del Re side by side with Sant’Egidio for a world without the death penalty

Today, at the Farnesina, Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re hosted the ministers attending the 12th International Conference of the Ministers of Justice, “A World without the Death Penalty”. The event, organized by the Comunità di Sant’Egidio, had the aim of encouraging and providing support to the countries that have undertaken, or could undertake, an institutional […]

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Diplomatic Network
28 November 2019
Del Re side by side with Sant’Egidio for a world without the death penalty

Today, at the Farnesina, Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re hosted the ministers attending the 12th International Conference of the Ministers of Justice, “A World without the Death Penalty”. The event, organized by the Comunità di Sant’Egidio, had the aim of encouraging and providing support to the countries that have undertaken, or could undertake, an institutional […]

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Press Releases
28 November 2019
De Stefano: MAECI supports businesses on the path towards innovation and internationalization

Undersecretary Di Stefano gave the closing speech of the eighteenth edition of the annual Forum of the Leonardo Committee in Rome, which discussed the issue “Tech in Italy: innovation, competitiveness, growth”.    “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation” – the Undersecretary assured – “is working with special commitment to promote scientific research and […]

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