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Press Releases

17 June 2025

Tajani in Sicily for the 70th anniversary of the Messina-Taormina Conference

From tomorrow the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, will be in Sicily to preside over the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the Messina-Taormina Conference of 1955. The event – organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Region of Sicily, the Municipalities of Messina and Taormina and the Taobuk Festival – […]

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Press Releases

17 June 2025

Minister Tajani participated in the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Israel-Iran

This morning Minister Antonio Tajani participated in the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council convened in virtual format by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas following the clashes between Israel and Iran in recent days. The extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council enabled the Minister to underline the Italian position in favour of an immediate return to political dialogue to […]

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Interviews

17 June 2025

Tajani: « Europe needs to play a stronger role. Now we must mobilize together with the moderate Arab States» (Corriere della Sera)

ROME – The question is a must and, in a day of reversals and dramatic turns, feverish negotiations and missiles, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani does not shy away from it. Minister, how much concern is there about the Iran-Israel conflict? Is it possible that it will lead to a world war? «There is great concern. […]

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Press Releases

15 June 2025

Tajani-Barrot telephone conversation

This evening Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had a new telephone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot. The conversation focused on military operations between Iran and Israel and on the possibility of quickly building a political and diplomatic path that would put an end to the war, also to avoid a dangerous escalation in the […]

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Press Releases

28 May 2025

Il Vice Ministro Cirielli riceve alla Farnesina il Vice Ministro degli Esteri della Georgia, George Zurabashvili

Il Vice Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, On. Edmondo Cirielli, ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il suo omologo georgiano, George Zurabashvili, per un confronto sull’attuale stato delle relazioni bilaterali e sulle principali crisi internazionali. Il Vice Ministro ha ribadito come l’Italia continui a sostenere convintamente la necessità di un dialogo franco e costruttivo […]

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Press Releases

26 May 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council in Development format

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, took part today in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Development format, held in Brussels and chaired by the High Representative, Kaja Kallas. On the agenda: urgent aid to Ukraine; preparations for the upcoming United Nations Summit on Financing for Development, which will […]

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Press Releases

21 May 2025

Tripodi in Brussels for Foreign Affairs Council and EU–African Union Ministerial Meeting

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, on behalf of Minister Antonio Tajani, took part yesterday in the Foreign Affairs Council and today in the Third European Union–African Union Ministerial Meeting held in Brussels. On the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council were the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the Middle East […]

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Press Releases

15 May 2025

Undersecretary Tripodi attends Foreign Affairs Council on Trade in Brussels

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, took part in the Foreign Affairs Council on Trade in Brussels, representing Minister Antonio Tajani. The agenda included trade relations with the United States, economic security within the Single Market, and ongoing EU negotiations for free trade agreements with third countries. “Italy places […]

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Interviews

28 April 2025

Tajani: “Peace is now closer. The EU needs a revolution” (Il Giornale)

Antonio Tajani is about to depart for Valencia, Spain, where the EPP Congress opens today. In his heart and mind is Pope Francis’s last appeal for peace, that meeting on two small red chairs in St. Peter’s between Trump and Zelensky, held during the Pope’s funeral, and hopes for an agreement with Putin. But also […]

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Press Releases

15 April 2025

Conference “New visions for the Western Balkans 2025” at the Farnesina, organised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IAI

The conference “New visions for the Western Balkans 2025” was held this morning at the Farnesina, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) together with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), to explore the prospects for European integration of the Western Balkan countries and Italy’s key role in this process. The event […]

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In detail

9 April 2025

Tajani: “Dialogue with the USA but also new markets for our companies”

“Our goal is to reach zero tariffs between the USA and the EU,” stated Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (yesterday in Caserta during the Italy-Netherlands summit). Minister, but having ‘zero tariffs’ between the USA and the EU seems like a difficult result to achieve at the moment… “We must continue […]

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Interviews

9 April 2025

Tajani: “Dialogue with the USA but also new markets for our companies” (Il Mattino)

“Our goal is to reach zero tariffs between the USA and the EU,” stated Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (yesterday in Caserta during the Italy-Netherlands summit). Minister, but having ‘zero tariffs’ between the USA and the EU seems like a difficult result to achieve at the moment… “We must continue […]

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