8th Meeting of the Situation Room for Italy’s Internationalisation
Greater attention and proximity to the territory, increase in the number of Italian exporting companies, investments in communication and digital commercial channels, focus on innovation and sustainability, and consolidation of our market share in the sectors of excellence of our exports are some of the main objectives established by the Situation Room for Italy’s Internationalisation […]
Read more6th Session of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation
6th Annual Session of the Joint Committee for Development CooperationRome, 18 December 2019. Today, the Farnesina hosted the sixth annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, the second chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, in conjunction with Deputy Minister, Emanuela Del Re. The Joint Committee approved […]
Read moreDel Re: Migrants – evacuation from Libya a must
Speaking at the Global Summit on Refugees in Geneva, Deputy Minister Del Re called for “an international initiative to promote the Italian model of humanitarian corridors for a more comprehensive migration policy, in particular to ensure the evacuation of migrants from Libya”. Del Re presented the government’s lines of action on its migration and reception […]
Read more30 years assisting Italians in the world
Today, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni and the Director of ANSA (the national associated press agency), Luigi Contu opened a photography exhibition that looks back over the main events followed to protect Italians abroad over the past 30 years. The exhibition was put on in association […]
Read moreScalfarotto meets with the Secretary General of the ASEAN
At the Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) in Madrid, Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met with the Secretary General of the ASEAN, Lim Jock Hoi. The talks focused on the regional security, the connectivity issue arising from the ASEAN Master Plan on Connectivity 2025, which sets forth projects worth up to 110 billion a year up […]
Read moreScalfarotto holds bilateral meetings on the fringes of the ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting
On the fringes of the 14th Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM), Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto had two bilateral meetings with the delegations of Australia and New Zealand. With the Australian Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tony Sheehan, the issue that was addressed was the negotiation between the EU and […]
Read moreScalfarotto speaks at the 14th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM)
Today in Madrid, Undersecretary Scalfarotto spoke at the opening of the 14th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) dedicated to revitalising the multilateral system and strengthening the international order on the basis of common rules. In his address, the Undersecretary highlighted the importance of the World Trade Organization in settling disputes and underscored the leading role […]
Read moreDi Maio’s message of congratulations to the President-elect of Algeria
“I would like to express my congratulations to the newly elected President of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Italy reaffirms its historical friendship with Algeria through all the strategic bilateral cooperation channels in the realm of politics, business, culture and security to jointly tackle our common challenges in the Mediterranean Basin. We wish him great success in […]
Read moreUndersecretary Scalfarotto to attend the Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM)
Undersecretary Scalfarotto will represent the Government at the 14th Asia – Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting (ASEM) scheduled to be held in Madrid on Monday, 16 December and dedicated to the theme: “Europe and Asia: Together for an Effective Multilateralism”. Bilateral meetings are scheduled on the fringes of the Meeting to discuss themes of specific interest […]
Read moreSatisfaction at the Foreign Ministry for the inclusion of Transhumance, Alpinism and the ‘Perdonanza Celestiniana’ in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list
The Foreign Ministry welcomes with satisfaction the decision unanimously taken by the Member States of the World Heritage Committee convened in Bogota to include in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list three new elements proposed by Italy: the practice of Transhumance, together with Austria and Greece; Alpinism, together with France and Switzerland; and the Celestinian […]
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