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Press Releases
21 September 2019
Di Maio’s reply to Orban

No unnecessary interference​Orban should avoid unnecessary interference. I will not allow anyone to judge or attack Italy, least of all those who act like sovereignists when it comes to our borders. Orban does not know the Italian people, so he should talk about his people, if he wishes to do so, not about ours “. […]

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Press Releases
19 September 2019
Competences to define the commercial and promotional strategies and policies with foreign countries and encourage the internationalization of Italy’s cultural and economic system

The decree-law approved today by the Council of Ministers on the reorganization of the competences of some Ministries, transfers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation the power to define the commercial and promotional strategies and policies with foreign countries and the development of the internationalization of Italy’s cultural and economic system. Besides […]

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Press Releases
16 September 2019
Migrants: press note by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio

“The judgment expressed by the Hungarian government is wholly instrumental. For years, Italy has been living in an emergency situation mainly caused by the indifference of several European partners like Hungary. It’s easy to play sovereigntist with other people’s borders. Whatever Country does not accept its share of migrants must be severely sanctioned. Italy cannot […]

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Press Releases
6 September 2019
Minister Di Maio appoints Ambassador Sequi to be his Chief of Staff

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, appointed Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, at present the Italian Ambassador in Beijing, to be his Chief of Staff. “In these years I, as Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development, have had the opportunity to personally […]

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In detail
5 September 2019
Message of greeting from the Hon. Minister Luigi Di Maio to the personnel of the Foreign Ministry serving in Italy and abroad

“It is with great enthusiasm and a profound sense of responsibility that I assume the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Allow me to address a warm greeting to all the women and men, especially the younger ones, working at the Central Administration of the Ministry, at the Diplomatic Missions and in […]

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Interviews
22 August 2019
Moavero «Souverainism is a divisive recipe» (Avvenire)

«We have shown that Italy’s public finances are in order. » The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, «after having heard too many harsh words», happily surrenders to the «embrace of the Meeting». He gives thumbs down to anti-Europeanism and does not disavow the work done thus far. For the future, he thinks positive: […]

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Press Releases
20 August 2019
Telephone conversation between Minister Moavero and the German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas

The German and Italian Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas and Enzo Moavero, had yesterday a phone conversation referring to the issue of migration in the Mediterranean sea and the disembarkation of rescued persons. Both ministers shared their common view on the urgent need of a better, working, fair and genuine European governance of it, enabling to go […]

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Press Releases
8 August 2019
Minister Moavero Milanesi on a diplomatic mission to Athens (8-9 August)​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is on a diplomatic mission to Athens today. His agenda is dense with meetings, especially with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopīos Pavlopoulos, and with the Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias. The Italian Foreign Minister’s last visit to Greece was almost three years ago […]

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