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Press Releases

19 January 2022

Note of the Foreign Ministry – Di Maio – Blinken phone talks (Rome, January 19, 2022)

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio pursues talks on Russia-Ukraine agenda. In the latter part of today the Minister was on the phone to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, welcoming mutual exchanges between the two countries – as testified by both governments’ shared pursuit of dialogue with Moscow, albeit pursuant […]

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Press Releases

7 January 2022

Note of the Foreign Ministry – Deputy Minister Marina Sereni attended extraordinary meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, attended today the extraordinary meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held via video teleconferencing. The meeting focused on the tensions along the Russian-Ukrainian border and on the prospects for resuming talks with Russia, ahead of the NATO-Russia Council, scheduled for next week. Taking the floor, Deputy Minister Sereni once […]

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Press Releases

30 November 2021

Partecipazione del Min. Di Maio alla riunione dei Ministri degli Affari Esteri della NATO

Il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Luigi Di Maio, ha preso parte oggi a Riga, in Lettonia, alla riunione dei Ministri degli Affari Esteri della NATO. Nel corso della prima riunione ministeriale tenutasi fuori dal Quartier Generale della NATO dall’inizio della pandemia, i Ministri hanno discusso del ruolo dell’Alleanza di fronte alle […]

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30 November 2021

Minister Luigi Di Maio on a mission to take part in the NATO ministerial meeting

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is on a mission to Riga to participate in the NATO ministerial meeting.

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Press Releases

28 September 2021

Italian Day at the NATO Defense College

On September 27, 2021, Senior Course 139 participated in the first day of Field Study I at the NATO Defense College. A special guest was General Luciano Portolano, Commander of the Joint Operations Headquarters – COVI, representing the Defence Staff, who was received in the morning by General Olivier Rittimann, Commander of the NATO Defence […]

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In detail

31 August 2021

Minister Luigi Di Maio participated in the G7-NATO-EU summit on Afghanistan via videoconference

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated via videoconference in the G7-NATO-EU format Summit, with the presence of Qatar and Turkey, on the crisis in Afghanistan. The meeting focused on freedom of movement in the country, diplomatic presence, counter-terrorism cooperation and humanitarian issues. The Minister reaffirmed Italy’s commitment to facilitate international coordination in […]

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Press Releases

20 August 2021

Statement by NATO Foreign Ministers on Afghanistan

1. We, the Foreign Ministers of NATO, met today to discuss the difficult situation in Afghanistan. 2. We are united in our deep concern about the grave events in Afghanistan and call for an immediate end to the violence. We also express deep concerns about reports of serious human rights violations and abuses across Afghanistan. We affirm […]

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In detail

20 August 2021

Participation of Minister Luigi Di Maio in the virtual meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on the situation in Afghanistan

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, connected from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Crisis Unit, participates in the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs to discuss the new challenges concerning the situation in Afghanistan. Click here to read the press statement

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Press Releases

23 July 2021

US-Europe Communiqué on Afghanistan and Peace Efforts

The Special Representatives and Special Envoys of the United States of America, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, and the United Kingdom met in Rome on 22 July 2021 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and the developments in Afghanistan peace negotiations after the latest round of high-level talks in Doha on July […]

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Press Releases

23 July 2021

US-Europe Communiqué on Afghanistan and Peace Efforts

The Special Representatives and Special Envoys of the United States of America, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, and the United Kingdom met in Rome on 22 July 2021 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and the developments in Afghanistan peace negotiations after the latest round of high-level talks in Doha on July […]

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Press Releases

1 June 2021

Notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – NATO

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, spoke today by videoconference at the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of NATO countries organised given the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Atlantic Alliance, scheduled to take place in Brussels on 14 June. In his address, Minister Di Maio […]

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Interviews

16 April 2021

Di Maio: We will pull out of Afghanistan by May. About relations with undemocratic regimes? Dialogue is possible with everyone but without backing away from human rights (Corriere della Sera)

Minister Di Maio: from the openings towards China and Putin’s Russia by the Conte led government to the new strong Atlantic policy voiced by Draghi’s new cabinet. Governments come and go but you’re still in charge of foreign policy. How do you explain this renewed pro-US stance? «Well, Italy has never changed its geopolitical fundamentals. […]

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