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Press Releases

2 January 2025

Cecilia Sala’s case – Ambassador of Iran summoned to Rome

On the instructions of Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Secretary General Amb. Riccardo Guariglia today summoned the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Rome, Mohammad Reza Sabouri, to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Farnesina) to discuss the case of Cecilia Sala, detained in Evin […]

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Press Releases

29 December 2024

“Food for Gaza”: Italian aid distributed again in the Strip

The distribution of food and medical aid to the Palestinian population under the Italian Government’s “Food for Gaza” initiative continues. On 27 and 28 December, 19 tonnes of Italian food aid, donated by Italian companies’ members of Coldiretti and Confagricoltura, were distributed to the population of Gaza by Rahma Worldwide. The aid was delivered by […]

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Press Releases

24 December 2024

Italian delegation in Damascus meets the interim government. Crisis cell set up for security during Christmas celebrations

ROME – The first high-level Italian delegation after the fall of Bashar Al Assad’s regime held a series of meetings with the new de facto Syrian authorities yesterday and today in Damascus. The delegation was made up of the Director for the Mediterranean and Middle East at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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Press Releases

24 December 2024

Further aid from Italy arrives in the Strip with ‘Food for Gaza’. Tajani to Cardinal Pizzaballa: “Support for the civilian population in Gaza and throughout the region, protection of minorities and Christians”

Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani today had a telephone conversation with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, with jurisdiction over Latin-rite Catholics residing in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus, and responsible for Syria during his time as Custos of the Holy Land. Cardinal Pizzaballa told the Minister of his […]

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Press Releases

23 December 2024

Undersecretary Tripodi receives a representative of Italian detainees in Venezuela

On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi today received at the Italian Foreign Ministry Marinellys Tremamunno, the legal representative of a number of Italian citizens detained in Venezuela for political reasons. During the meeting, the Undersecretary reiterated how the Italian Foreign […]

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Interviews

23 December 2024

Tajani: “We need impetus on the EU’s common defence” (La Stampa)

Minister Antonio Tajani, today you will participate in a summit on Albania with half the government. What is being discussed? “To decide on how to proceed on the right choice that we confirm and we will have to make operational. I am very impressed by some aspects of the Italian discussion, first of all for […]

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Press Releases

22 December 2024

Tajani in Kosovo to greet the Italian contingent in KFOR

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, is on a mission to Kosovo to greet the Italian contingent of the Kosovo Force (KFOR), the mission led by NATO. “It is a great source of pride for me to convey the greetings of the Italian government to the women and men who […]

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Interviews

20 December 2024

Tajani – Without the US, no agreement can be reached. We can bridge the gap together with Washington (Il Messaggero)

Antonio Tajani shakes his head. He sighs. “Without America, Europe cannot do anything useful for the truce in Ukraine.” In a room on the second floor of a hotel in the centre of Brussels, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs picks up a pen and starts writing on a blank sheet of paper. On the […]

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Press Releases

19 December 2024

Minister Tajani’s meetings in Brussels

Following the European Summit with the Western Balkan countries, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, had a series of meetings in Brussels dedicated to the questions of EU enlargement and to the work of the new Commission with the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic; the President of the […]

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Press Releases

18 December 2024

Minister Tajani to open the National Conference on Export and Business Internationalisation in Milan

Within the framework of the States General of Diplomacy 2024, Italian Minister Antonio Tajani will open today, at the Bocconi University in Milan, the second edition of the National Conference on Export and Business Internationalisation. With its 1,257 registered participants and 2,523 requests for meetings between Ambassadors and business representatives, the Conference will be an […]

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Interviews

18 December 2024

Tajani: exports as the architrave, we aim for 700 billion by 2027 (Il Sole 24 Ore)

“Exports generate over a third of Italy’s GDP and are the cornerstone of our economy. With EUR 626 billion in exports recorded last year, Italy confirms itself as one of the most dynamic economies globally. In the first part of the year, we even surpassed Japan in terms of export values, becoming the 4th largest […]

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Press Releases

17 December 2024

Adoption of the Tenth Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty. Tajani: a success of Italian diplomacy

Today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Tenth Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty. “The resolution’s adoption is a great success. This important achievement is the result of the negotiation promoted by our country along with Argentina, in the name of an interregional task force to which more […]

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