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Interviews
9 January 2025
Tajani: “We have always had relations and open channels with Iran and Syria, and this has been decisive” (Corriere della Sera)

He found her “wearied, of course, but serene, strong. Her head held high”. Antonio Tajani is still with her in Ciampino with the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her parents, to greet her with a “Hurray! Welcome back Cecilia” when finally on the phone she could breathe a sigh of relief. “These were difficult days, we worked continuously, […]

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Press Releases
8 January 2025
Quintet Meeting on Syria

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will chair tomorrow, Thursday 9 January, a meeting of the Quintet’s Foreign Ministers (Italy, USA, United Kingdom, France and Germany) at Villa Madama, which will also see the participation of the High Representative for the Union for Foreign and Security Policy. […]

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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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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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