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Minister Luigi Di Maio addresses the High Level Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, virtually participates in the High Level Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) titled “The Palermo Convention: the future of the fight against transnational organized crime”. The event is hosted by the Presidency of the Region of Campania and is co-organized with the […]

Minister Di Maio’s diplomatic mission to Morocco

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Marrakech today to attend the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh that will be co-chaired by Morocco and the United States. Established in September 2014, the Coalition currently comprises 85 Countries and Organizations and stands out for its multidimensional approach […]

Joint Press Statement. 3rd India -Italy Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime

The third meeting of India-Italy Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime was held at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Rome on 1st April 2022. High-level Indian and Italian officials met to share views, assess domestic, regional and international terrorists threats and discuss bilateral and multilateral cooperation in […]

Meeting of the Africa Focus Group of the Global Coalition Against Daesh

The Africa Focus Group – a Group on combating terrorism in the African Continent promoted by Italy within the framework of the Global Coalition against Daesh – closed its meeting today at the Farnesina. The meeting, co-chaired by Italy, the United States, Morocco and Niger, proposed that the Group become an important platform converging the […]

Africa Focus Group of the Global Coalition against Daesh

On this upcoming 8 and 9 March, a meeting with Senior Officials will be held at the Farnesina to make the Africa Focus Group fully operational. The Group was created following an Italian proposal within the Global Coalition against Daesh in December 2021, co-chaired by Italy, the United States of America, Morocco, and Niger. Considering the growing […]

Sahel; Sereni, we need to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism in the region

“In order to enhance the effectiveness of the counter-terrorism efforts of the international community and the countries in the region we need to invest more and more significantly in the prevention of violent extremism, working with the local communities, with the aim of ensuring basic services, training and development opportunities, and building credible institutions by […]

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Message from Minister Di Maio on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks

Foreign Affairs Ministry Note – Guaranteeing safe passage, adopting a multilateral strategy

Thanks to the extraordinary joint efforts of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministries, and the Intelligence Department, Italy has completed evacuation operations by air transport of over 5,000 Afghan citizens, including those who have collaborated with Italy, in various capacities, over the years. This means that Italy tops the list of EU countries in terms […]

Joint Statement on the Ministerial Meeting on Syria

We, the Ministers and representatives of the United States, Italy, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and representatives of the League of Arab States and European Union, met today on the margins of the Defeat ISIS Coalition Ministerial to discuss the crisis […]

Minister Di Maio’s participation in the VTC Ministerial conference of the 32 members of the Core Group of the Global Anti-Daesh Coalition

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, spoke this afternoon at the ministerial-level videoconference of the 32 members of the Core Group of the Global Coalition Against Daesh, chaired by US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Wilmès. The participants reaffirmed their determination […]

Iraq, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the attack against the base of the International Coalition against Daesh in Erbil.

Italy condemns the rocket attacks against a base of the International Coalition to Combat Daesh in Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan), which caused the death of an employee of the base and the wounding of numerous soldiers and civilians.   We express our solidarity with the victim’s family and wish those involved in the attack a prompt […]