Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Mali
Italy looks with great concern at what is happening in Mali, with the violent subversion of the constitutional order. Italy hopes for a rapid return to dialogue between all the country’s representative forces and reaffirms its commitment to peace, stability, the protection of the rule of law and the fight against terrorism in Mali and […]
Read moreItaly-Argentina: telephone call between Del Re and Foreign Minister Solà
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Argentina, Felipe Sola’, which allowed to take stock of several issues related to bilateral relations and cooperation in the multilateral field. The Vice Minister first expressed the Italian closeness to Argentina, which is in a delicate phase of the ongoing fight […]
Read moreVice Minister Del Re in conversation with Foreign Minister Kenya
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Kenya, Raychelle Omamo, which touched on many aspects of relations between the two countries, both bilaterally and in the multilateral context. LM Omamo expressed her country’s great appreciation for the way Italy has managed the serious pandemic emergency, representing a model […]
Read moreConstitutional referendum – ongoing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ information campaign for voting abroad
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ information campaign to explain to compatriots abroad how to take part in the vote has started. Since the referendum was held, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Network of Embassies and Consulates have been committed to disseminating useful information on the election, both through traditional means of communication and […]
Read moreVice Minister Del Re presides over an emergency meeting in Lebanon with Italian CSOs.
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Emanuela C. Del Re chaired today a meeting on the Lebanon emergency in a video conference with representatives of Italian civil society organizations (CSOs). The meeting took stock of the response to the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon following the tragic explosion in the port of Beirut on […]
Read moreAgreement on normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates
Italy welcomes the announcement of the agreement to normalise relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. We hope that this important step will contribute to peace and stability in the Middle East. In this framework, the Israeli decision to suspend the annexation of portions of the West Bank is a positive development, which we […]
Read moreScalfarotto: concern about the situation in Belarus
“We express all our concern and associate ourselves with the appeals of the President of the European Parliament, Mr Sassoli, and High Representative Borrell on the situation in Belarus,” said Undersecretary Scalfarotto on the eve of the extraordinary Council of EU Foreign Ministers convened for tomorrow. “The Government’s repression must be stopped immediately and the […]
Read moreTelephone interview of Minister Di Maio with Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, on the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Minister reiterated the need for all parties to maintain a moderate and cooperative approach to reduce tensions and resolve outstanding issues. In this […]
Read moreScalfarotto: satisfaction for United States Trade Representative decision not to add new duties to Italian products.
Undersecretary Scalfarotto expressed great satisfaction for the decision of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) not to add any additional duty to Italian products as part of the six-monthly review of the measures adopted in implementation of the WTO ruling on Airbus subsidies, providing for increases only for specific categories of goods from France and […]
Read moreMinistry of Foreign Affairs: freed Italian journalist apprehended in Belarus
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that the Italian freelance journalist stopped by the Belarusian authorities in recent days has been released and is now at the Italian Embassy in Minsk.
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