Vice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

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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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3 June 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli participated in the 4th Meeting of Space Agencies of the Member Countries of the Italo-Latin American Institute

The Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) organized today in Rome, in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency, the 4th meeting of the Space Agencies of its member countries, dedicated this year to the theme “Cooperate to implement concrete actions and face common challenges”. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, participated […]

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29 May 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli in Caserta for UNICRI event on the culture of legality and social inclusion

Today, at the International High-Level Training Centre for the Prevention and Fight against Organised Crime in Caserta, the conference entitled “Culture of Legality and Public-Private Partnerships for the Social Inclusion of Inmates: The Province of Caserta as a New Model for International Development” was held. The event was organised by the United Nations Interregional Crime […]

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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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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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22 May 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli opens High-Level Meeting on Italy’s coffee strategy

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, yesterday opened a High-Level Meeting at the Farnesina focused on Italy’s strategy in the coffee sector. The meeting was also attended by senior representatives from the Mattei Plan Task Force, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, the International Coffee Organisation, and UNIDO, as well as Giuseppe […]

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20 May 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli in Spain

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, undertook an official visit to Madrid for meetings with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Global Affairs, Diego Martínez Belío, and the Chief of Staff to the Presidency of the Government, Diego Rubio Rodríguez. The talks provided an opportunity to further deepen relations […]

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16 May 2025

The Alberto Trentini case

In relation to the case of Alberto Trentini, 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 first phone call to his family after 181 days of detention in Venezuelan prisons. This step forward is the result of lengthy diplomatic […]

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14 May 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli opens the “Italy and Central Asia” seminar

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edmondo Cirielli, today opened the seminar “Italy and Central Asia” at the Farnesina. The event was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the geopolitical think tank “Vision and Global Trends”. In his address, the Deputy Minister highlighted the growing strategic importance of […]

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9 May 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli attended the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Lviv

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, participated – on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani – in the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council convened by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, in Lviv, Ukraine. The meeting […]

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8 May 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli attends the European Union’s Gymnich-format Foreign Affairs Council

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, took part, on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Antonio Tajani, in the European Union’s Gymnich-format Foreign Affairs Council, convened in Warsaw by the Polish Presidency of the Council. The agenda focused on the EU’s stance regarding key international crisis theatres, which […]

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