Minister Luigi Di Maio to visit Kiev tomorrow
As part of Italy’s constant and ongoing efforts to foster an easing of the tensions at the Russian-Ukrainian border and a diplomatic solution to the current crisis, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be visiting Kiev tomorrow, 15 February 2022. Minister Di Maio will reiterate Italy’s full support for […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio attends COVID-19 Global Action Meeting
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has attended today’s virtual COVID-19 Global Action Meeting at the invitation of the US Secretary of State, Blinken. The meeting was organised by the United States to involve key partner countries in the Global Action plan for Enhanced Engagement. The aim of the plan […]
Read moreNote of the Foreign Ministry – Ukraine
At the meeting to coordinate the situation in Ukraine held at the Farnesina and chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, it was decided – in concert with the Embassies of the European Union present in the Country – to recall the non-essential staff from our diplomatic mission in […]
Read moreInternational Day against the Use of Child Soldiers
To celebrate the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, Italy forcefully reaffirms that enrolling child soldiers is an aberrant practice: every child, anywhere in the world, is entitled to live safely and enjoy his/her childhood and innocence, sheltered from the fighting, violence and abuse. The pandemic has further exacerbated pre-existing criticalities in areas […]
Read moreFarnesina Secretary-General celebrates with Ambassador Ahsan 50th anniversary of Italy-Bangladesh diplomatic relations
The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, received Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Italy, Shameen Ahsan at the Farnesina today, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. On 12 February 1972, immediately after Bangladesh won its independence, Italy was one of […]
Read moreAgreement signed between the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to expedite the PNRR “Roots Tourism” Project
Today, 11 February, the Director General of the Mission Unit for the Implementation of the PNRR at the Ministry of Culture, Angelantonio Orlando, and the Director General for Italians Abroad at the Farnesina, Luigi Maria Vignali, signed an Agreement that officially expedites the PNRR project titled: “Roots tourism – an integrated strategy for the recovery […]
Read moreUndersecretary Della Vedova visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina
Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will be visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina today and tomorrow, 10-11 February 2022. The programme includes meetings with the Deputy Foreign Minister, Josip Brkić; the Bosnian Serb representative in the tripartite Presidency, Milorak Dodik; the President of the Party of Democratic Action (Bosnian initials SDA) and […]
Read moreDi Maio-Borrell telephone call (Wednesday 9 February 2022)
Tensions on the Ukraine-Russia border, the political process in Libya, the situation in Sahel and the latest developments in Mali. These were the issues discussed in today’s telephone conversation between the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, […]
Read moreTonga. Emergency assistance from Italian Cooperation following the eruption of the submarine volcano and the ensuing tsunami
Italian Cooperation is providing a 100,000 euro donation to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in response to the emergency caused by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga and the ensuing tsunami. The Italian funding will enable the IFRC to support the work of the Tongan […]
Read moreFarnesina: we expect maximum cooperation from WFP
With reference to today’s press release by Rome’s Public Prosecutor’s Office notifying that it has concluded the preliminary investigation of the murder of Ambassador Luca Attanasio and Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and that, in compliance with Articles 113, 40 and 589 of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure, it has collected elements liable to bring charges against the […]
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