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24 August 2020

Mr Scalfarotto: US-EU agreement for access to respective markets step in the right direction

Undersecretary Scalfarotto commented positively on the agreement reached between the US and the EU for access to their respective markets for European and American products worth more than 100 million exchanges per year. “This is a step in the right direction,” commented Mr Scalfarotto. “Although this is a limited agreement, for the first time in […]

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17 August 2020

Mission to Tunisia by Minister Luigi Di Maio

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is on a mission to Tunis, together with the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, and the European Commissioners for Internal Affairs, Ylva Johansson, and for Neighbourhood Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi. The Ministers and Commissioners are having an audience with the President of the […]

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14 August 2020

Participation in the Foreign Affairs Council by videoconference

On August 14, 2020 Minister Luigi Di Maio participated in a videoconference at the Foreign Affairs Council. Among the topics on the agenda the situation in Belarus and the Eastern Mediterranean and developments in Lebanon and Venezuela.

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Press Releases

13 August 2020

Scalfarotto: concern about the situation in Belarus

“We express all our concern and associate ourselves with the appeals of the President of the European Parliament, Mr Sassoli, and High Representative Borrell on the situation in Belarus,” said Undersecretary Scalfarotto on the eve of the extraordinary Council of EU Foreign Ministers convened for tomorrow. “The Government’s repression must be stopped immediately and the […]

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Press Releases

7 August 2020

Commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the Marcinelle disaster (8th August) – Message from Minister Di Maio

Dear compatriots, on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Marcinelle tragedy in Belgium, I would like to recall the 262 miners who lost their lives in the Bois du Cazier on 8th August 1956: among them, 136 were Italian. Since 2001, Italy has commemorated with the ” National Day of Italian Labour Sacrifices in […]

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4 August 2020

Telephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations, Olivér Várhelyi

On 3 August 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations, Olivér Várhelyi.  

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Press Releases

3 August 2020

Minister Di Maio’s conversation with EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, focussing on illegal immigration – with particular reference to Tunisia – on Libya and Eastern Mediterranean. With regard to the increasing of irregular migratory flows coming […]

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Press Releases

31 July 2020

Minister Di Maio’s telephone conversation with German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas

This afternoon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas. Soon after the last meetings, the conversation has been the occasion to discuss the latest developments in the Libyan situation, on which Italy and Germany firmly agree. The two […]

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31 July 2020

Italian Economic Diplomacy 31 July: latest news from the world

VIRTUAL ROADSHOW “THE PACT FOR EXPORT: TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMES” 31 AUGUST – 18 SEPTEMBER 2020 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the ICE Agency, SACE and SIMEST, in collaboration with the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces and Unioncamere, organize a cycle of virtual Roadshows open to Italian companies and dedicated […]

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Interviews

31 July 2020

Mr Di Maio: “Barges have to be decommissioned. It is a national emergency” (Corriere della Sera)

Luigi Di Maio, you have expressed concern about the situation of sea arrivals. In the past you supported the hard line of the blockade of ships. And now? “You know, first of all I would like to clarify that it is not about following a hard line or not, there is no ideological approach to […]

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Press Releases

29 July 2020

South Sudan. Humanitarian flight in the framework of the “European Union Humanitarian Air Bridge

In the framework of the European Union Humanitarian Air Bridge launched by the European Commission DG ECHO to facilitate the movement of goods and humanitarian personnel in the context of the current Covid-19 pandemic, a humanitarian flight departing this morning from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi to South Sudan (Juba) was […]

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28 July 2020

Conversation between Minister Di Maio and EU High Representative Borrell

On 24 July the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.  

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