Di Stefano meets with the Italian fashion industry leaders
Yesterday a meeting was held, at the Foreign Ministry, between the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs in charge of Internationalisation, the Hon. Manlio Di Stefano, and the leaders of the Italian fashion industry: the President of Confindustria Moda Claudio Marenzi, the Vice President Cirillo Marcolin, the Director General for Institutional Affairs, as well as the DG […]
Read moreCovid-19. Del Re: the recovery is an opportunity for more inclusive and sustainable societies
Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re participated, as keynote speaker, in the Crisis Governance Forum, organised by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO). The Conference focused on the role of good governance, justice and the rule of law in addressing the current health crisis and promoting a sustainable response to COVID-19. The Deputy Minister recalled […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio in conversation with Israeli counterpart Ashkenazi
Minister Di Maio had a telephone conversation today with the new Israeli Foreign Minister, Gabi Ashkenazi. Congratulating his colleague on his new position, Minister Di Maio recalled the importance that Italy attaches to Israel’s security in a Middle East crises, tensions and threats. The Ministers agreed on the need to deepen the strategic partnership between […]
Read moreThe work of the Foreign Ministry continues: 583 people repatriated today, a total of 107,200.
The Ministry’s efforts to ensure that stranded compatriots all over the world can return home safely are not backtracked. Today alone, more than 580 people returned to Italy through air operations from Morocco, Oman, Kenya, and Niger. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, the Ministry, thanks to the incessant work of the Crisis Unit, […]
Read moreDi Maio talking with Albanian Prime Minister Rama
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama. The talk focused on the excellent bilateral relations between Italy and Albania. Such synergy was confirmed by the arrival of Albanian doctors in Italy, during critical phases of the pandemic, as well […]
Read moreItaly – United Kingdom: Del Re talking with Trevelyan
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a videoconference with the UK Secretary of State for International Development, Anne Marie Trevelyan. She highlighted the country’s great commitment to food security and the goal of making full use of FAO, PAM, and IFAD’s mandate to achieve important results, made even more urgent by the pandemic, in this […]
Read moreConversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had today a telephone conversation with the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi. Numerous topics were at the centre of the conversation: the Italy-ASEAN relations, the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the strengthening of the economic-commercial exchange. Minister Di Maio stressed that […]
Read moreNote by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Democratic Republic of Congo
60 years after the birth of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy recalls that the peacemaking process in the Est area is still far away. Italy follows with the utmost attention the progressive deterioration of security conditions in the East provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri), where since […]
Read moreFirst meeting of the inter-institutional Operating Committee on Italy’s contribution to the prevention of and global response to COVID-19
Today, at the Foreign Ministry, Minister Luigi Di Maio opened the first meeting of the inter-institutional Operating Committee on Italy’s contribution to the prevention of and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister thanked the Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re, who promoted and chairs the Committee, which includes, among its members, representatives of the […]
Read moreVideo talk between Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano and Vietnamese Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Hoang Quoc Vuong
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano held a video talk today with the Vietnamese Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Hoang Quoc Vuong. The talk was an opportunity to sign the new Memorandum of Understanding on the Italian-Vietnamese Mixed Economic Commission (MEC), as well as to take stock of bilateral economic relations in view of the next MEC […]
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