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Press Releases

10 May 2025

Minister Tajani echoes G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on India – Pakistan

Together with my fellow G7 Ministers, representing Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, I have signed a statement to strongly condemn the atrocious terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April. We urge India and Pakistan to show utmost restraint. […]

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Press Releases

9 May 2025

Telephone conversations of Minister Tajani with the Palestinian Prime Minister and the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, held telephone conversations with the Palestinian Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Mustafa, and the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Sa’ar. The discussions focused on the prospects for achieving a ceasefire and restoring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. During the calls, […]

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Press Releases

9 May 2025

Gaza: State of emergency extended and additional resources for Gaza. Ministers Tajani and Musumeci: support for the civilian population

On the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and following a report by the Minister for Civil Protection, Nello Musumeci, the government has decided to extend the state of emergency in the Gaza Strip by 12 months, as a result of the events currently taking place in that territory, […]

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Interviews

9 May 2025

Tajani: “A Church that reassures. The world must listen: too many flashpoints of war” (Il Messaggero)

Antonio Tajani, the Christian, gets straight to the heart of the matter. Pope Leo XIV, appearing before the world from the Loggia of Blessings, “spoke of God, he prayed — there’s a return to spiritual depth that, as a believer, truly moved me”. Tajani, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is instead struck by the Pope’s […]

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Press Releases

8 May 2025

Minister Tajani signs decree exempting US, G7, and NATO citizens from fingerprint requirement for certain national visas

Since January this year, Italy has extended the requirement to collect biometric data to include long-stay visa applications, in line with efforts to strengthen both its migration system and the security of Italy and the Schengen area. However, this requirement is not intended to place a burden on allied countries – particularly G7 members – […]

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Press Releases

7 May 2025

Export Plan – The Facilitation Committee has approved funding of € 109 million in favour of 228 companies. Green light has been given for the establishment of a € 500 million reserve for a new soft finance measure dedicated to the Asia-Pacific region.

The Facilitation Committee, chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today approved the creation of a € 500 million reserve within the 394/81 Fund for a new soft finance line aimed at supporting investments by Italian companies with interests in the Asia-Pacific area. This new measure will become operational once the necessary implementation steps are […]

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In detail

7 May 2025

Address by Minister Antonio Tajani at the Confindustria’s Foreign Investors Advisory Board

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is taking part in the Confindustria’s Foreign Investors Advisory Board. The 2025 edition will focus on the strategic relationship with foreign enterprises: innovating to compete in the new global landscape, towards an Italy that remains competitive, attractive, and integrated into global networks.

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Economic Diplomacy

6 May 2025

Italy – Mexico Business Forum (22 May 2025)

A new stage in the implementation of the Export Action Plan is coming to Mexico City: the Italy-Mexico Business Forum will be held in the Mexican capital on 22 May.  The initiative is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with ITA, on the occasion of the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign […]

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Press Releases

5 May 2025

Minister Tajani’s Mission to Croatia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is in Zagreb to take part in the Italy-Croatia Business Forum and to hold some meetings with local authorities. The mission is mainly designed to further relaunch the already excellent economic partnership between Italy and Croatia. With trade worth over EUR 8 billion and a […]

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Interviews

30 April 2025

Tajani: “Peace in Ukraine by the end of the year. Moscow’s truce is just a bluff” (La Stampa)

Rome – “I am convinced that the war in Ukraine will end within this year”. Antonio Tajani, speaking from the European People’s Party congress in Valencia — where he is due to be re-confirmed as Vice President today — expresses confident optimism about an imminent end to the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv. The Minister of […]

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Press Releases

28 April 2025

Situation in Spain and Portugal following power outage

The Foreign Ministry continues to monitor the situation in the Iberian Peninsula following the extensive power outage, which had a significant impact on airport and long-distance train traffic in Spain and Portugal, as well as widespread restrictions on health and banking services in the two countries. About 3,600 Italians in Spain (of whom more than […]

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Interviews

28 April 2025

Tajani: “Peace is now closer. The EU needs a revolution” (Il Giornale)

Antonio Tajani is about to depart for Valencia, Spain, where the EPP Congress opens today. In his heart and mind is Pope Francis’s last appeal for peace, that meeting on two small red chairs in St. Peter’s between Trump and Zelensky, held during the Pope’s funeral, and hopes for an agreement with Putin. But also […]

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