Lebanon: a humanitarian flight to Beirut
An Air Force flight took off this morning from Pisa to Beirut. The flight was loaded last night at the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi of about 2.4 tons of medical equipment (hygiene kits) made available by the Italian Cooperation to deal with the health emergency in Lebanon and the growing spread […]
Read moreBelarus: deep concern about the suppression of key civil rights and fundamental democratic freedoms
The wave of indiscriminate arrests over the last two days in Minsk, as well as the suppression of key civil rights and fundamental democratic freedoms, including the press, give rise to the deepest concern. These serious developments also followed an election which, according to many observers, not only local, has disappointed the expectations placed on […]
Read moreL’Ambasciatrice d’Italia a Beirut consegna aiuti italiani al Libano
Decollerà domani alle ore 9 da Pisa un aereo dell’aeronautica militare che atterrerà a Beirut con aiuti donati dalla Cooperazione italiana per la popolazione libanese vittima dell’esplosione che ha colpito Beirut martedì scorso. Si tratta di kit di pronto intervento e di materiale igienico sanitario che verrà consegnato alle autorità libanesi dall’Ambasciatrice italiana a Beirut, […]
Read moreVice Minister Del Re intervenes at the videoconference on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re spoke at the video conference organised by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon. The meeting was chaired by Mark Lowcock, Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and introduced by Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Najat Rochdi, UN Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident […]
Read moreTelephone interview of Minister Di Maio with UN Secretary-General Guterres
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had today a telephone conversation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, with whom he addressed the case of Mario Paciolla. The Minister expressed the strong Italian expectation that the competent Colombian authorities can continue to count on the full cooperation of […]
Read moreCommemoration of the 64th anniversary of the Marcinelle disaster (8th August) – Message from Minister Di Maio
Dear compatriots, on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Marcinelle tragedy in Belgium, I would like to recall the 262 miners who lost their lives in the Bois du Cazier on 8th August 1956: among them, 136 were Italian. Since 2001, Italy has commemorated with the ” National Day of Italian Labour Sacrifices in […]
Read moreItalo-Algerian talks on bilateral cooperation in the field of technological and digital innovation
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano met today at the Foreign Ministry, together with Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitisation Paola Pisano, Algerian Minister in charge of Knowledge Economy and Start-ups Yacine El-Mahdi Oualid and Algerian Minister in charge of Microenterprises Nassim Diafat. The meeting was a valuable opportunity to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of […]
Read moreMeeting between Minister Luigi Di Maio and Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, at the Foreign Ministry. During the cordial meeting, the two Ministers examined the state of bilateral cooperation and reaffirmed their intention to further deepen relations in every area of […]
Read moreConversation between Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cape Verde Luis Filipe Tavares
Yesterday Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had an conversation with the Foreign Minister of Cape Verde, Luis Filipe Tavares. The focus of the conversation – in addition to bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries – was an update on compatriot David Solazzo’s death. The two interlocutors expressed satisfaction with the excellent level of […]
Read moreTelephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe
Today Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe, to whom he expressed sincere condolences and the greatest solidarity for the violent explosion that hit Beirut last Tuesday. “We are ready to respond to the most urgent need and to provide the necessary assistance” the Minister affirmed, recalling […]
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