Vice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

Press Releases

14 March 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli receives Eritrean President Afewerki’s Economic Advisor

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, received today at the Farnesina the Economic Advisor of Eritrean President Afewerki, Hagos Ghebrehiwet. The talks focused on the main regional political and security issues, on which the Deputy Minister reiterated Italy’s traditional support for stability and development in the Horn of Africa. Economic […]

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11 March 2025

Rome. Deputy Minister Cirielli received the Slovak Secretary of State for Foreign and European Affairs at the Foreign Ministry

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, today received the Slovak Secretary of State for Foreign and European Affairs, Marek Estok, at the Foreign Ministry for an exchange of views that reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations.  Undersecretary Cirielli stated: “Our bilateral political dialogue is proceeding with intensity and […]

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26 February 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli welcomes the Minister of Interior and Public Security of Senegal in Rome

Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today received the Minister of Interior and Public Security of Senegal, Jean Baptiste Tine, at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina). During the meeting, key issues on the bilateral agenda were reviewed, especially cooperation in preventing and combating crime, but also cooperative management […]

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20 February 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli welcomes Moldova’s Minister of Labour and Social Protection in Rome

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today received the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova, Alexei Buzu, at the Farnesina for discussions that reaffirmed the excellent state of relations between the two countries. Talks focused on key issues on the bilateral agenda, particularly the projects […]

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10 February 2025

Warsaw. Deputy Minister Cirielli’s conversation with Polish Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Marek Prawda

Today the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, visited Warsaw where he met, for the second time in a few months, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Marek Prawda, for an in-depth discussion that confirmed the excellent state of bilateral Italian-Polish relations. At the end of the meeting, Deputy […]

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10 February 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli’s visit to Kuwait

The visit to Kuwait by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, during which the fourth round of bilateral political consultations took place, came to an end. The  national delegations were led by the Deputy Minister and his counterpart, Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Consultations focused on the main regional […]

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5 February 2025

Visit of Deputy Minister Cirielli to Oman

The two-day visit to Oman by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, concluded today. During his meeting with the Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Sheikh Khalifa Al Harthy, key regional issues and bilateral cooperation were discussed, with a view to further strengthening political, economic, and cultural ties. “With Undersecretary Al Harthy, […]

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22 January 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli opens the eighth edition of the Italy-Africa Business Week

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, inaugurated today at the Farnesina the Italy-Africa Business Week (IABW), a significant platform for economic dialogue with the African continent now in its eighth edition. Deputy Minister Cirielli was joined in opening the event by the Senegalese Minister of Microfinance and the Social and […]

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Press Releases

17 January 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli hosts French Minister for Europe Haddad

Italy’s Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli welcomed Benjamin Haddad, the French Minister Delegate for Europe, to the Farnesina. Reaffirming the excellent state of bilateral relations, currently experiencing a renewed phase of dynamism, Cirielli and Haddad agreed on the need to enhance cross-border cooperation and explore deeper synergies between Rome and Paris in development cooperation with African […]

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16 January 2025

Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Cirielli’s mission to Turkmenistan

Italy’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, conducted a working visit to Turkmenistan, during which he held bilateral political consultations with Rashid Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, as well as with Ahmet Gurbanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for political […]

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20 December 2024

EUR 115 million contributions approved for emergency initiatives

Within the framework of humanitarian development cooperation interventions, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, has approved financial contributions for a total value of over EUR 115 million for emergency initiatives. More than EUR 66 million are earmarked for initiatives in Africa, particularly in response to climate change – […]

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20 December 2024

Deputy Minister Cirielli addresses the annual meeting of the Directors of the Italian Development Cooperation Agency

Today, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, took part in the Annual Meeting of the Directors of the Foreign Offices of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), as part of the “AICS Directors’ Days”. In addressing the Panel “Italian Development Cooperation and the Mattei Plan”, Cirielli thanked the […]

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