Vice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

Press Releases

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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24 June 2025

Il Vice Ministro Cirielli incontra il Vice Presidente del Comitato Internazionale della Croce Rossa

Il Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, On. Edmondo Cirielli, ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Vice Presidente del Comitato Internazionale della Croce Rossa (CICR), Gilles Carbonnier, per un confronto dedicato alle principali questioni umanitarie globali. Entrambe le parti hanno confermato la volontà di rafforzare sempre di più il partenariato tra l’Italia […]

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16 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli spoke at the States General for Prevention in Naples

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, spoke today at the States General for Prevention, opened in Naples in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. He highlighted the important work carried out by the Italian Cooperation in the field of health and prevention both at a multilateral […]

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12 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli chairs the third meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation 2025

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation 2025 at the Farnesina. The Committee approved a package of projects and programmes amounting to approximately EUR 120 million. This allocation is in line with the 2025 Programming approved during the previous […]

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12 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli receives Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign and Global Affairs Diego Martínez Belío at the Farnesina

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today welcomed the Secretary of State for Foreign and Global Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, Diego Martínez Belío, at the Farnesina. In the context of the excellent relations between Italy and Spain, the meeting provided an opportunity to deepen the exchange of views […]

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5 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli receives Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Marek Prawda

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today received in Rome the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Marek Prawda, for a comprehensive discussion on the bilateral partnership. The meeting provided an opportunity to review the main crisis scenarios, from the ongoing conflict […]

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4 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli visits Thales Alenia Space Italia facilities

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, visited the Rome site of Thales Alenia Space today – a joint venture in the aerospace sector between French company Thales and Italian company Leonardo – a European leader in satellite manufacturing. The Deputy Minister was welcomed by the CEO of Thales Alenia Space […]

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3 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli speaks at the opening of the 170th Council Meeting of the European Southern Observatory

The Council of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the continent’s leading intergovernmental astronomy organisation and the most productive astronomical observatory in the world, held its 170th meeting today in Rome, at the headquarters of the Accademia dei Lincei. Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli attended the opening session on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]

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