Ministri precedenti

Press Releases

15 April 2016

Cooperation: 2016 Plan passed. Gentiloni: “Concrete action to relaunch Development Cooperation’s strategic role”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation chaired the meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee held at the Farnesina. The Committee defined the 2016 plan with a total of 448 million Euros, of which roughly 213 million for the multilateral channel, approximately 120 million for the bilateral channel and over 113 million for […]

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14 April 2016

Minister Gentiloni at Milan’s Salone del Mobile and Triennale di Milano

The visit paid by Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni to Milan’s Salone del Mobile international furniture fair and to the Triennale di Milano design exhibition was mainly aimed at expressing the Foreign Ministry’s support to the different facets of Italian design, from the artistic to the business aspects, within the broader context of promoting Italy’s whole […]

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Press Releases

12 April 2016

Italian emergency aid to Libya

During the past month of March, Italian Cooperation contributed 1 million euro to the World Food Programme (WFP) with the aim of providing food assistance for 1 month to 70,000 beneficiaries (14,000 households), selected among the most vulnerable categories (15 percent were infants under 5 years of age, and 36 percent minors between 5 and 17 […]

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12 April 2016

Minister Gentiloni on visit to Tripoli, the first by a foreign top government official

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni visited Tripoli today, where he met Prime Minister Fayed al-Sarraj in the Bu Setta naval base. Minister Gentiloni was the first foreign top government official to visit the Libyan capital since the installation of the national unity government and he was greeted by Deputy Prime Minister Meitig at his arrival at […]

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11 April 2016

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Hiroshima

The Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries have renewed the push for nuclear disarmament and have condemned “in the strongest terms”  North Korea’s tests on nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni underlined that North Korea’s nuclear weapons are a cause of concern for East Asian countries and the G7. He emphasized […]

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Press Releases

8 April 2016

Regeni murder case – Italian Ambassador in Cairo, Maurizio Massari, is recalled to Rome for consultations

Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni has recalled to Rome the Italian Ambassador in Cairo, Maurizio Massari, for consultations. The decision follows recent developments in the investigation into the Regeni murder case and specifically the meetings held in Rome yesterday and today between Italian and Egyptian investigators. As a result urgent decisions are needed on the most proper […]

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8 April 2016

Minister Gentiloni in Japan

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Tokyo today and tomorrow for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Italy-Japan bilateral relations and to attend the opening of two exhibitions, “Gems and Jewels of the Medicis” and “Renaissance Masterpieces from the Art Galleries of the Venice Academy”. The two exhibitions are […]

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Press Releases

6 April 2016

Official visit by Minister Gentiloni to Myanmar

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has arrived in Myanmar for a two-day official visit to the Country. The Minister, who is the first member of a Western government to visit Myanmar since the installation of the new government, met the leading representatives of the newly elected government led by the […]

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Press Releases

6 April 2016

Libya: Gentiloni, developments are encouraging

“The recent developments in Libya are encouraging,” said Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Mr Gentiloni continued: “The decision adopted by the members of the Government of National Salvation and by the large majority of the Congress of Tripoli to support the Presidential Council and the Government of National Accord go […]

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6 April 2016

Minister Gentiloni’s mission to Myanmar

Minister Paolo Gentiloni started a mission in Myanmar today that will last until 8 April. Mr Gentiloni met Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, making him the first Western foreign minister to meet her following her appointment to Myanmar’s foreign ministry. The minister’s agenda includes meetings with President Htin Kyaw, the Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs, Thura U Aung Ko, […]

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Interviews

6 April 2016

Gentiloni: “Regeni murder case, our dignity is at stake” (l’Unità)

The murder of Giulio Regeni has shaken our conscience and that of the whole Country because it has broken off the life of an exemplary Italian youth, a doctoral candidate at Cambridge and a researcher at the American University of Cairo, for the way he was atrociously tortured and killed and for the lesson of […]

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5 April 2016

Gentiloni: Pakistan offers opportunities for Italian businesses

Opening the ‘Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum’ at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni said that with its 200 million inhabitants, its 4.5-6% rate of growth and the progress made in terms of security and stability, Pakistan represents a “significant opportunity for Italian companies”. Italy, the minister pointed out, […]

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