Deputy Minister Della Vedova meets Slovak Secretary of State Brocková
Today Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova received the Secretary of State of the Slovak Republic, Ingrid Brocková at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The meeting centred on bilateral relations and cooperation in a multi-lateral and European setting, especially on the migration question, the priority of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Ministerial Committee. The […]
Read moreJoint Statement on the Ministerial Meeting on Syria
We, the Ministers and representatives of the United States, Italy, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and representatives of the League of Arab States and European Union, met today on the margins of the Defeat ISIS Coalition Ministerial to discuss the crisis […]
Read moreNOTA FARNESINA – Rientro in Italia dell’Ingegnere Giovanni Calì
È rientrato poche ore fa a Roma l’Ingegnere Giovanni Calì, rapito il 1 giugno scorso ad Haiti. L’arrivo all’aeroporto di Ciampino rappresenta il positivo epilogo della vicenda, dopo 22 giorni di sequestro. All’arrivo l’ingegnere siciliano, da tempo impegnato in progetti all’estero, ha voluto esprimere un sincero ringraziamento alla Farnesina e al personale dell’Unità di Crisi […]
Read moreMiddle East; Vice Minister Sereni meets the Spanish Secretary of State Gallach and the UN Coordinator Wennesland
Meeting today by videoconference between Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni, the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Cristina Gallach, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland. The talks are part of the Italian-Spanish initiative launched by Ministers Di Maio and Gonzales Laya at the bilateral Summit in Palma […]
Read moreVice Minister Marina Sereni chairs the Italy-Paraguay political consultations
This afternoon, Vice Minister Marina Sereni chaired the Meeting of the Italy-Paraguay Political Consultation Mechanism. On the Paraguayan side, a delegation led by the Vice Minister of Economic Relations and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Raúl Cano Ricciardi, was present via videoconference. Our countries are united by strong historical and cultural ties, by […]
Read moreHostage Giovanni Calí freed in Haiti
The Italian hostage Giovanni Cali’, abducted on 1 June while in Haiti, was released a short while ago. He had been taken from the building site where he worked by a local criminal gang. His release, after only 22 days, was secured by the relentless work of our intelligence system and of the Crisis Unit […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano chairs the second Digital Geopolitics Steering Committee meeting
This afternoon, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano chaired the second meeting of the Steering Committee on Digital Geopolitics, following the first meeting held in November 2020. The meeting was attended by representatives of the main government departments involved, namely, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry for Economic Development, Ministry of Digital Transition, Department of […]
Read moreNepal. Italian Cooperation’s humanitarian flight to combat Covid-19 in the country
At the instigation of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, an Italian Cooperation humanitarian flight departed yesterday from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi to Kathmandu airport with a cargo of six tonnes of medical supplies for the fight against COVID-19. The humanitarian cargo, made available by […]
Read moreDella Vedova at CEI meeting: Regional cooperation is the answer to today’s economic and health challenges
Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova spoke today at the virtual meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Central European Initiative (CEI), an intergovernmental forum for regional cooperation of Central and South-East European countries. The topic of the meeting, led by the Montenegrin Presidency, was the region’s future after the pandemic focusing on economic and social recovery, […]
Read moreLaw; Sereni signs an agreement with European Public Law Organisation
Today, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Marina Sereni signed an agreement with Professor Spyridon Flogaitis, Director of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), to open an EPLO office in Rome. EPLO is an international intergovernmental organisation aiming to disseminate legal culture and promote European values […]
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