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Image headerVice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

Vice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

Press Releases
13 October 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli met with OECD officials at the Foreign Ministry for reviewing the Italian development cooperation system.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today received at the Foreign Ministry a delegation from the OECD engaged in the peer review process of the Italian development cooperation system, a process that will affect our country until next year. The delegation included representatives from Germany, Iceland, and the Secretariat of […]

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Press Releases
7 October 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli in Naples for the presentation of the MACORESI project

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, participated today in a press conference to present the initiative “MACORESI – MAternità COnsapevole REsponsabile e SIcura (Conscious, Responsible and Safe Maternity)”, funded by Italian Cooperation with an allocation of EUR 2.1 million. The initiative will be implemented by the University of Campania Luigi […]

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Press Releases
3 October 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli chaired the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation on 3 October

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, chaired the fifth meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation 2025 at the Foreign Ministry today. A package of measures worth a total of over €123 million was adopted, in line with the 2025 Programme adopted at the Committee meeting chaired by […]

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Press Releases
25 September 2025
Italian nationals detained in Venezuela

With regard to the situation of Italian nationals detained in Venezuela, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, held a telephone conversation yesterday evening with his Venezuelan counterpart, Andrea Corao. Deputy Minister Cirielli conveyed the Italian Government’s appreciation for the consular visit that the Chargé d’Affaires in Caracas was able […]

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Press Releases
15 September 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli at the Launch Conference of the UNESCO Chair at the University of Naples L’Orientale

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, spoke today at the Conference launching the new UNESCO Chair in Education, Gender Equality, and Climate Action, held in English, at the University of Naples L’Orientale. The candidacy for the new UNESCO Chair, submitted by the Neapolitan university as part of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs […]

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Press Releases
29 August 2025
Deputy Foreign Minister Cirielli’s visit to Latvia and Estonia

A complex mission by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, to Latvia and Estonia concluded today.  In Riga, Deputy Minister Cirielli met with the Minister of Economy, Viktors Valainis. The meeting highlighted the positive trend in bilateral trade and the significant Italian business presence in the country, especially in […]

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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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Press Releases
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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Press Releases
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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Press Releases
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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Press Releases
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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