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Press Releases
28 April 2017
Il ministro Alfano riceve il Direttore Esecutivo dell’American Jewish Committee David Harris

Il ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Angelino Alfano, ha ricevuto alla Farnesina David Harris, Direttore Esecutivo dell’American Jewish Committee. Nel corso del cordiale colloquio, il ministro Alfano ha tenuto a confermare al suo interlocutore la solida amicizia dell’Italia con il mondo ebraico, con gli USA e con Israele, ribadendo l’impegno italiano in […]

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Press Releases
15 April 2017
Minister Alfano’s week

The highlight of this week was the meeting of the G7 Foreign Affairs Ministers, a gathering of worldwide importance that I had the honour and responsibility of chairing in the city of Lucca. The responsibility was even greater on this occasion because the diplomatic leaders of the most industrialized Countries were meeting for the first […]

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Press Releases
13 April 2017
Italian commitment to limiting the proliferation of WMD delivery systems

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano said: “Thirty years ago, on 16 April 1987, the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, UK, USA) announced the establishment of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) to restrict the proliferation of missiles capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction and relevant technologies. MTCR now […]

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Press Releases
10 April 2017
Minister Alfano to Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Kishida: “Italian G7 Presidency. Strong alignment with Tokyo.”

“The Italian G7 Presidency follows that of Japan in a prospect of continuity. Our programme has placed citizens and their needs in terms of social, economic, environmental well-being and security at the centre of the agenda and of the political action of our Presidency,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, […]

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Press Releases
10 April 2017
Foreign ​Minister Alfano has telephone call with Iranian colleague Zarif before opening G7 meeting

Today in the early afternoon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone call with his Iranian colleague, Mohammad Javad Zarif, before the G7 ministerial meeting, which opened today at 4:30 p.m.The telephone call was requested by the Iranian minister and focused, above all, on the situation in Syria.Following the […]

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10 April 2017
The G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting opens today in Lucca

Concomitantly to the G7  Meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Angelino Alfano, has called an extraordinary meeting on Syria at 8 a.m. on Tuesday at Lucca’s Ducal Palace, extended to the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Qatar.

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Press Releases
7 April 2017
Grief and closeness of Italy to the Swedish State and people

“I express my firmest condemnation and the grief and closeness of Italy to the Swedish State and people for the terrible attack of a few hours ago in Stockholm,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.   “To the families of the victims, I convey my warmest solidarity. To all the […]

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7 April 2017
Starting from girls. Women’s Forum on inequality and sustainable growth

As part of Italy’s Presidency of the G7, on 7 and 8 April the Farnesina is hosting the International Dialogue Forum, “Starting from girls. Women’s Forum on inequality and sustainable growth,” organized in partnership with WE-Women Empower the World, the Aspen Initiative for Europe, and Valore D. “Strengthening the rights and abilities of young women […]

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5 April 2017
G7 Ministers Meeting in Lucca on 10-11 April

The G7 Foreign Ministers and the High Representative of the European Union will meet in Lucca on 10 and 11 April under the chairmanship of Minister Angelino Alfano. The G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, a meeting traditionally held at least once a year by the seven most industrialised Countries in the world, offers a unique opportunity […]

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Press Releases
4 April 2017
Telephone conversation between Minister Alfano and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a cordial telephone conversation with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland. Jagland started off by thanking the Italian minister and Government for the invitation to participate in the G7 Culture Ministers Meeting held in Florence on Thursday 30 and Friday […]

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