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Image headerVice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

Vice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

Press Releases
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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Press Releases
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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Press Releases
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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Press Releases
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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Press Releases
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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Press Releases
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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Press Releases
16 December 2024
Rome. Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli chairs the eighth meeting of the 2024 Joint Development Cooperation Committee

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, chaired today at the Foreign Ministry the eighth and last meeting of the 2024 Joint Development Cooperation Committee, which adopted a package of interventions and programmes worth a total of about EUR 430 million. In line with the Mattei Plan, Africa […]

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Press Releases
13 December 2024
Mission of Deputy Minister Cirielli to Japan concluded: agenda focused on bilateral issues and space sector collaboration

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, concluded today a detailed mission to Japan, which took place from 11 to 13 December. Together with the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hisayuki Fujii, Cirielli reiterated the excellent state of bilateral relations, the strength of the Strategic Partnership launched in January 2023, and […]

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Press Releases
10 December 2024
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Deputy Minister Cirielli meets the Minister of Development and Foreign Trade of the Netherlands

Yesterday, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, met with the Minister of Development and Foreign Trade of the Netherlands, Reinette Klever. The exchange between the two countries’ government representatives focused above all on their respective development cooperation strategies. Another crucial topic of the meeting was the strategic partnerships of […]

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Press Releases
28 November 2024
Deputy Minister Cirielli attends the conference presenting the new CIHEAM Bari Training Centre

Today, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, took part in the presentation of the new “International Training and Innovation Centre” at CIHEAM Bari, as financed with a EUR 6.5 million contribution from Italian Cooperation to create and develop an ecosystem open to innovation and the transfer of skills and […]

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