Minister Di Maio visits Kosovo
On December 30 last, Minister Di Maio travelled to Kosovo to meet with Italian military personnel engaged in NATO’s KFOR mission. Active since June 1999 under UN Security Council Resolution 1244, KFOR ensures freedom of movement and a stable security environment to the benefit of the Kosovar population. The Italian contingent (with 512 military units) […]
Read moreX Sessione Comitato Governativo Italia Cina
Il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Luigi Di Maio, e il Consigliere di Stato e Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Popolare Cinese, Wang Yi, hanno co-presieduto oggi in videoconferenza la X sessione plenaria del Comitato Governativo Italia-Cina, principale meccanismo di impulso e indirizzo del Partenariato Strategico tra i due Paesi. L’incontro, […]
Read moreEthiopia
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has expressed his satisfaction that the Ethiopian Authorities have granted conditional release to the two former members of the Mengistu regime who have been living in the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa for almost 30 years. This puts an end – in the desired […]
Read moreDel Re to the UN. Italian Cooperation is committed to reducing disaster risk
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held a virtual meeting with Mami Mizutori, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). The meeting was an opportunity to reaffirm the commitment of Italian Cooperation in the field of disaster risk reduction and to explore possible areas of collaboration. […]
Read moreDel Re. Opportunities and potential for recovery in the Indian Ocean
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the virtual seminar on new professions for sustainable and innovative fishing in the IORA-member countries (Indian Ocean Rim Association). The event was organised by this Ministry, in partnership with the Italy-IORA committee and Federpesca, and attended, among others, by the Ministers of […]
Read moreJoint press release by Foreign Ministers of Italy, Croatia and Slovenia on trilateral cooperation in the Adriatic Sea
On 19 December 2020, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Croatia and Slovenia met in Trieste to discuss the operational procedures and priority areas for enhancing trilateral cooperation in the Adriatic Sea. Building on the existing coordination mechanisms, the Ministers had a positive exchange of views on the prospects for further strengthening cooperation, also […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio’s mission to Doha
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio’s two-day visit to Doha, Qatar, begins today. Minister Di Maio is expected in Doha today to meet his counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, in the afternoon. Together they will sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Dialogue. Tomorrow, 21 December, the Minister of Foreign […]
Read moreStatistical Yearbook 2020: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in figures
The “Statistical Yearbook 2020 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in figures” has been published today. ” Each year, the document provides data on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ commitment to serving Italy in the world. It is a working tool for foreign policy operators, as well as institutional counterparts and civil […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Scalfarotto’s mission to Switzerland
The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ivan Scalfarotto, has visited Switzerland today. The purpose of the mission is to review bilateral relations with the neighbouring country, following the signing of understandings and agreements in various activity sectors with the new Secretary of State Livia Leu. The visit has begun with the signing […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano chairs the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee on the Sea
The Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee on the Sea met by video conference. It was chaired by Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano, and involved representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Agricultural, Food, and Forestry Policies, Ministry of the Environment and Safeguarding of the Territory and the Sea, […]
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