Vice Ministro Edmondo Cirielli

Press Releases

2 April 2025

A fund of €40 million was established for Regions at the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation

The Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, which convened this morning under the chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli, has approved the establishment of a €40 million fund for projects implemented by Italian Regions in countries receiving development aid from Italy. Presenting the initiative, Minister […]

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1 April 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli’s mission to Strasbourg

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Cirielli concluded a mission to Strasbourg today. In his meetings with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, and the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Despina Chatzivassiliou, he confirmed Italy’s strong support for the work of the organisation in the areas […]

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28 March 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli launches high-level Italy – IOM dialogue

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Edmondo Cirielli yesterday inaugurated the high-level bilateral dialogue between Italy and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) at the Farnesina, alongside IOM Director General Amy Pope, in the presence of an IOM delegation and representatives from the Ministries of the Interior and Labour and Social Policies. During the opening session, […]

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24 March 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli received Romanian Secretary of State Staicu at the Foreign Ministry

Today the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, received at the Foreign Ministry the Secretary of State for European Affairs of Romania, Clara Staicu, for a discussion that reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations, relaunched by the Intergovernmental Summit held in Rome on 15 February 2024.  The Deputy Minister […]

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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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