Foreign Ministry Note – 14th session of the Joint Italy/China Economic Committee
Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Wentao, have co-chaired by video conference the 14th session of the Joint Italy/China Economic Committee. Minister Di Maio has expressed satisfaction for the positive trend of bilateral trade and Italian exports to China, which are […]
Read moreItalian Day at the NATO Defense College
On September 27, 2021, Senior Course 139 participated in the first day of Field Study I at the NATO Defense College. A special guest was General Luciano Portolano, Commander of the Joint Operations Headquarters – COVI, representing the Defence Staff, who was received in the morning by General Olivier Rittimann, Commander of the NATO Defence […]
Read moreDella Vedova visits Mexico for the Triple Anniversary celebrations
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, is in Mexico City today at the head of the Italian delegation to the “Triple Anniversary” celebrations: the seventh centenary of the founding of Tenochtitlian, the present-day Mexico City (1321); the fifth centenary of its conquest by the Spanish (1521); the bicentenary of Mexican […]
Read more‘Destinazione Export’, the first regional roadshow to discover the opportunities of the export.gov.it portal promoted by MAECI, ICE, SACE and SIMEST in collaboration with the Conference of the Regions and Unioncamere, gets underway.
A cycle of 4 virtual meetings dedicated to companies that want to deepen tools and strategies to support export, gathered within the single portal Export.gov.it. Rome, September 27, 2021 – The first regional roadshow, “Destinazione Export”, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and carried out by ICE (Italian Trade Agency), SACE and […]
Read moreUniting for Consensus Group (UfC) Press release
Ministers of the Member Countries of the “Uniting for Consensus[1]” Group (UfC) held a virtual meeting today to assess the status and prospects of the United Nations Security Council reform process. The Ministers noted that, despite the persistence of diverging views on key aspects of the reform, the latest Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) confirmed the commitment […]
Read moreSpeech by Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova at the meeting of the Informal Ministerial Network (IMN) for the International Criminal Court
Today, Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova addressed the meeting of the Informal Ministerial Network (IMN) for the International Criminal Court (ICC), held on the sidelines of the ministerial segment of the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Deputy Minister emphasised how Italy has staunchly supported the ICC since its creation. “We firmly believe that […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio chairs the G20 Ministerial meeting on Afghanistan
The Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, chaired yesterday a G20 ministerial meeting to exchange ideas on what useful contribution the Group could bring to ongoing international efforts in relation to the Afghan crisis. Spain, the Netherlands, Singapore and Qatar were invited to join. Thirteen UN specialized agencies, the International Monetary Fund and […]
Read moreDella Vedova at UN – Pandemic shows the need for reliable and fact-based information
Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova participated, on the sidelines of the ministerial segment of the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations, in the ministerial meeting of the “Community of Democracies” on the tenth anniversary of the “Warsaw Declaration”. “Today, more than ever, it is important to uphold the Warsaw Declaration and reaffirm our full […]
Read moreDella Vedova: UN strengthens action to respect LGBTI rights
Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova participated in the event on the sidelines of the ministerial segment of the 76th United Nations General Assembly on the decriminalisation of sexual orientation and gender identity. The LGBTI UN Core Group organised the event. “As a proud member of the LGBTI UN Core Group, it is a pleasure for […]
Read moreGER/FRA/ITA Co-Chairs Summary UN General Assembly Side Event on Libya, 22 September
On 22 September 2021, the Foreign Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Heiko Maas, of the French Republic, Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, and of the Italian Republic, Mr. Luigi Di Maio, co[1]chaired a Ministerial meeting on Libya on the margins of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting was […]
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