The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to work for the repatriation of compatriots: so far over 83,000 Italians have returned, 2090 from Saturday to today
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, more than 83 thousand compatriots from 118 countries have returned to Italy, with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thanks to more than 800 air, sea, and land operations. In the last two days 868 compatriots from Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Cuba have returned […]
Read morePress Release – Afghanistan
Italy welcomes the agreement reached for the formation of a new Afghan government and praises the political forces that decided to coalesce around a common and inclusive project for a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan. We congratulate President Ghani for his second mandate at the helm of the Country and we welcome the creation of […]
Read moreWorld Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (17 May 2020)
When the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirms Italy’s commitment at an international level to support the fight against all forms of intolerance and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It is one of the priorities of Italy’s current mandate in the United Nations Human Rights […]
Read moreUndersecretary Di Stefano at the webinar ‘Markets live, focus on France’
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano spoke today at the webinar “Markets lives, focus on France”, organised by MAECI (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation) and ICE (Italian Trade Agency) Agency in collaboration with the Embassy and ICE Office in Paris. The President of ICE Ferro and the Director-General Luongo and the Italian Ambassador, Teresa Castaldo, […]
Read moreUndersecretary Scalfarotto participates in the InCE video-conference meeting
Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto attended the extraordinary video-conference meeting of the Heads of Government of the member countries of the Central European Initiative (InCE). It is one of the initiatives promoted by the Montenegrin Presidency on-duty related to the health emergency. During his speech, Scalfarotto highlighted the importance of regional cooperation in the fight against the […]
Read moreThe Foreign Ministry continues to work to repatriate compatriots: so far more than 80,000 repatriations, 1,100 since yesterday
About 1,100 people returned to Italy between yesterday and today thanks to the support of the Foreign Ministry and its network, which has organised 16 special flights from the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Spain, Dominican Republic, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Somalia. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, more than 80 thousand compatriots from 117 […]
Read moreScalfarotto at the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting
Undersecretary Scalfarotto attended today the extraordinary meeting of the G20 Trade Ministers, convened to discuss the response to the COVID 19 crisis, prepared by the Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG). The initiative, promoted by the Saudi Presidency-in-Office, is aimed at identifying short and long-term collective initiatives, to alleviate the economic impact of the pandemic, […]
Read moreSereni, we need a new EU strategic vision towards Southern Neighbourhood
“Over the years, Italy has constantly stressed the need to pay attention to our Southern Neighbourhood. Now it is urgent and necessary to work together, as European Union, to outline a new and ambitious strategic vision”. This was stated by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni, speaking at the videoconference promoted by Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Arancha […]
Read moreThe third meeting of the “International Follow-up Committee” on Libya
Minister Di Maio today attended the closing session of a meeting at senior official level (SOM) of the “International Follow-up Committee on Libya” (IFCL), an international working group dedicated to the Libyan crisis and born with the Berlin Conference in January. The video-teleconference meeting – led by the Director-General for Political Affairs of the Ministry […]
Read moreAlgeria; Sereni-Bladehane video call, full sync on Libya
Vice Minister Marina Sereni had a video call today with the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Algeria, Rashid Bladehane. Recalling the excellent state of bilateral relations between Italy and Algeria, Sereni and Bladehane agreed on the importance of relaunching political, economic and security cooperation through the organization of high-level meetings between their […]
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