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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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Press Releases
28 November 2024
Rome – Deputy Minister Cirielli receives the UK Minister for European Union Relations at the Farnesina

A meeting took place yesterday in Rome between Italian Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli and UK Minister for European Union Relations Nick Thomas-Symonds. The focus of the talks was the deepening of relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. As already recalled by Italian Prime Minister Meloni in her recent meeting with UK Prime […]

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Press Releases
27 November 2024
Deputy Minister Cirielli signs an agreement for the development of integrated healthcare services in the Republic of the Congo

An agreement between Italy and the Republic of the Congo was signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome to support a budget assistance programme aimed at developing integrated healthcare services. The initiative includes an initial Italian contribution of up to EUR 45 million, of which EUR 15 million will be a grant and […]

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Press Releases
21 November 2024
Italy-South Africa bilateral political consultations led by Deputy Minister Cirielli and Deputy Minister of International Relations Alvin Botes held at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Bilateral political consultations between Italy and South Africa were held today at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Italian Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli and South African Deputy Minister of International Relations Alvin Botes led their respective delegations. Deputy Minister Cirielli congratulated South Africa on the country’s democratic tradition, thirty years after the end of Apartheid, […]

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