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Press Releases
20 August 2019
Telephone conversation between Minister Moavero and the German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas

The German and Italian Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas and Enzo Moavero, had yesterday a phone conversation referring to the issue of migration in the Mediterranean sea and the disembarkation of rescued persons. Both ministers shared their common view on the urgent need of a better, working, fair and genuine European governance of it, enabling to go […]

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Press Releases
8 August 2019
Minister Moavero Milanesi on a diplomatic mission to Athens (8-9 August)​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is on a diplomatic mission to Athens today. His agenda is dense with meetings, especially with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopīos Pavlopoulos, and with the Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias. The Italian Foreign Minister’s last visit to Greece was almost three years ago […]

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Press Releases
2 August 2019
Declaration by the High Representative Federica Mogherini on behalf of the EU on the support to the UN facilitated political process in Libya

The European Union and its Member States are united in demanding that all Libyan parties commit to a permanent ceasefire and return to a UN facilitated political process. The European Union and its Member States welcome the proposal by Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ghassan Salame for a truce on the […]

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Press Releases
23 July 2019
Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Immigration and Asylum of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, met today in Rome. They had a comprehensive meeting during which an innovative Memorandum of Understanding on foreign policy dialogue was signed, establishing a mutual consultation mechanism between Italy […]

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Press Releases
18 July 2019
Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Brussels to attend the EU General Affairs Council

Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Brussels to attend the EU General Affairs Council, whose agenda includes the presentation of the priorities of the forthcoming rotating Finnish Presidency for the next 6 months, the European Union Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 and an exchange of opinions on the implementation of the new Strategic Agenda 2019-2024.  

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Press Releases
16 July 2019
EU Foreign Affairs Council: appreciation expressed for the Italy-Malta proposal on migration

“Today’s debate within the European Union Foreign Affairs Council was positive,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, when exiting the meeting. He went on: “The initiative promoted by Italy and Malta to have a thorough debate on migration was unanimously appreciated and enabled the Foreign Ministers, after a comprehensive exchange of views, […]

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Press Releases
8 July 2019
Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Italy and Malta

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Italy and Malta, Enzo Moavero e Carmelo Abela, referring to the complex situation concerning ships transporting migrants, their entry into  the territorial waters of both Countries, the docking and landing in Italian and Maltese ports, confirm their firm determination to cooperate with each other.   However, they reaffirm that it […]

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Press Releases
28 June 2019
Unified Patent Court (UPC)

A meeting was held today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), established by 25 Member States of the European Union to act as the judicial body with exclusive competence in respect of disputes involving European patents. On the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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Press Releases
26 June 2019
The Sea Watch 3 Case ​

With reference to the Sea Watch 3 case, the Farnesina confirms that, upon recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Enzo Moavero, the Italian Ambassador to the Hague was instructed to take formal steps immediately with the Government of the Netherlands.

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