Ministri precedenti

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18 May 2016

First Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference

The First Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference held today at the Foreign Ministry and organised in partnership with ISPI will be attended by top-ranking institutional officials, spanning from the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and Ministers Paolo Gentiloni, Angelino Alfano, Maurizio Martina e Gian Luca Galletti. The Italian ministers will […]

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Interviews

18 May 2016

Gentiloni: “Here’s why we should pin our hopes on Africa” (La Stampa)​

Africa is at a crossroads. Concerns and hopes dovetail in what is no longer the «lost continent». In this new century Africa has made significant progress. Education and health care have improved, the role of women has grown in several societies and many Countries have become stabler and have recorded considerable economic growth. However, during […]

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Press Releases

17 May 2016

Libya: meeting between Gentiloni and Siyala ​

Today at the Farnesina the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received the Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mohammed Taher Siyala. During the meeting, the two ministers explored crucial aspects of Italian-Libyan relations in the light of the ministerial meeting on Libya that was held in Vienna yesterday. Minister […]

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17 May 2016

Syria – Gentiloni stresses need to revive negotiations

The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) foreign ministers’ meeting took place in Vienna today. The aim of the meeting was to consolidate the ceasefire and relaunch the political process against a backdrop of deteriorating conditions on the ground.   In Vienna, where he co-chaired a ministerial meeting on Libya with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry […]

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Press Releases

15 May 2016

Lybia: Ministerial Meeting in Vienna. Unity and stabilisation of the country a priority target for Italy

The ministerial meeting on Libya in Vienna follows up on the Rome meeting of 13 December 2015, whose success was decisive for the signing of the Libyan political agreement, the approval of the UN Security Council’s Resolution N. 2259 and, subsequently, the arrival of Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj and the Presidential Council in Tripoli […]

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Press Releases

13 May 2016

Foreign Ministry arranges for the urgent hospitalisation in Italy of 13 Libyan nationals injured in the May 5 attack near Misrata

At the request of the Libyan Presidential Council, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni has organised operations to provide urgent hospitalisation in Italy of 13 Libyan citizens who were wounded in the attack near Misrata on 5 May. Working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Defence Staff the Foreign […]

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12 May 2016

Balkans, Gentiloni in Dubrovnik

Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was in Dubrovnik to attend the ministerial meeting on the Ionian and Adriatic Initiative (IAI) / EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR). Minister Gentiloni’s diplomatic mission falls within the scope of Italy’s staunch and constant action to reaffirm its role as a […]

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10 May 2016

Minister Gentiloni today chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee on Development Cooperation, the deliberative body established by the law reforming the Italian Cooperation system. The meeting approved, inter alia, the Invitation to Tender whereby to award, in 2016, contributions to initiatives proposed by social society […]

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9 May 2016

Minister Gentiloni on diplomatic mission to Tunis

Italian Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, will be back in Tunis today after his two visits to the Country in 2015, one of which took place immediately after the bloody attack on the Bardo Museum in which 23 people, including 4 Italians, were killed. Mr Gentiloni’s visit represents a further opportunity to give new momentum to […]

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6 May 2016

Sustainable Development – Minister Gentiloni at the International Environment Conference

A conference sponsored by the Carabinieri and the ​State Forestry Department, reflecting their shared commitment to protecting the environment, is taking place this morning at the Carabinieri Officer Training School in Rome, providing an opportunity to examine the link between climate change and migration, and Italy’s commitment to promoting environmental sustainability in the context of the UN. […]

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5 May 2016

Senate – Minister attends Conference on “Religious Freedom, Human Rights and Globalisation”

A Conference on “Religious Freedom, Human Rights and Globalisation”, taking place today in the Koch Hall of the Italian Senate, focuses on the main theme of religious freedom and the most effective ways to protect it. Introductory remarks by Pietro Grasso, President of the Senate, will be followed by Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on an […]

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5 May 2016

Minister Paolo Gentiloni to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today – Italy-China Government Committee and plenary meeting of the bilateral Business Forum

Economic and commercial cooperation is the main theme on the agenda of the talks between the two Foreign Affairs Ministers, which are taking place at a time of intense dialogue between the two Governments, following the recent visits to China by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and to Italy by Premier Li Keqiang, and Minister Gentiloni’s […]

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