Vice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

Press Releases

31 July 2025

Visit of Deputy Minister Cirielli to the Horn of Africa: cooperation agreements with Ethiopia and action plan with Eritrea

The four-day visit to Ehiopia and Eritrea by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, has concluded. In Addis Ababa, Deputy Minister Cirielli was part of Prime Minister Meloni’s delegation to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS +4), co-organised by Italy and Ethiopia, where he was the keynote speaker at […]

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27 July 2025

Venezuela: Deputy Minister Cirielli on Trentini’s phone call to his family

With regard to the case of Alberto Trentini, detained in Venezuela, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, stated: “On behalf of the Italian Government, I express relief at Alberto Trentini’s phone call to his family, which took place yesterday, more than eight months after the beginning of his detention in […]

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25 July 2025

Italian Cooperation and ICCROM sign agreement to strengthen craft skills in cultural heritage conservation in Africa

The Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today signed an agreement at the Farnesina with ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) to launch the initiative “Towards sustainable development in Africa: strengthening craft skills in cultural heritage conservation”, funded by a EUR 6 […]

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17 July 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli receives Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Waleed El Khereiji

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today received his Saudi counterpart, Waleed El Khereiji, at the Farnesina. The meeting focused on bilateral relations and key issues relating to the stability of the broader Middle East. Deputy Minister Cirielli highlighted the strengthening of the partnership between Italy and Saudi Arabia, not […]

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15 July 2025

Delivery of Italian humanitarian aid to Myanmar

A plane operated by the Italian Cooperation and carrying humanitarian relief supplies for the civilian population of Myanmar landed this morning in Yangon. The shipment, arranged by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the request of Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli, who is responsible for Development Cooperation, was received today by staff […]

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11 July 2025

Deputy Foreign Minister Cirielli at the second and final day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, addressed the plenary assembly to officially close the Ukraine Recovery Conference, co-organized by Italy and Ukraine. The Deputy Minister reaffirmed Italy’s staunch support for Ukraine. “We have demonstrated that investing in security means leaving no one behind. As Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated yesterday, […]

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9 July 2025

New aid from the Italian Foreign Ministry for the Paediatric Hospital in Odesa. Cirielli chairs Joint Committee for Development Cooperation

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today chaired the fourth meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation 2025, held at the Farnesina. The Committee approved a package of projects and programmes worth over EUR 66 million, in line with the 2025 Programming Document, already outlined during the previous meeting […]

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4 July 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli visits the Fucino Space Centre

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today paid a visit to the “Piero Fanti” Fucino Space Centre (L’Aquila), currently operated by Telespazio S.p.A. “Facilities such as the Fucino Space Centre give Italy a competitive edge in the space and satellite systems sector, which is of growing strategic relevance in a […]

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1 July 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli in Seville participated in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, led the Italian delegation in Seville that participated in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), the main event of the UN agenda for 2025 dedicated specifically to financial instruments to promote cooperation projects.  Besides officials from the Foreign Ministry, the […]

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26 June 2025

New funds to support UNICEF and WHO for Gaza and Palestine

The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, has allocated two new funding packages of EUR 5 million each in favour of UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), with the aim of strengthening Italy’s contribution to healthcare assistance for the Palestinian population affected by the conflict in the Gaza Strip. This […]

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25 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli speaks at the Federvini General Assembly

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, attended the Federvini General Assembly held today in Rome. The event was also attended by the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, and the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida. In his speech, the Deputy Minister spoke of […]

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25 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli visits the Rome headquarters of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

Italian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, visited today the Rome headquarters of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (Centro Internazionale per l’Agricoltura Tropicale, CIAT) – a federation of non-governmental organisations engaged in various development cooperation projects – where he was received by Director General […]

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