Giro: Gruppo di contatto per la Libia dell’Unione Africana
Minister Gentiloni charged Under-Secretary Giro to attend the opening meeting of the African Union international Contact Group for Libya, whose aim is to facilitate the achievement of a political solution to the Libyan crisis. “Italy is the only European country present at political level at this meeting, which underscores the importance that the Libyan question […]
Read moreDichiarazione congiunta sulla Libia
JOINT STATEMENT ON LIBYA The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, the US Secretary of State, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, met in Brussels on December 3, 2014 to assess the current situation in […]
Read moreEbola: Signing of MFAIC-Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases
The MFAIC’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation today signed a convention with Rome’s Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases on an emergency intervention in Sierra Leone, valued at EUR 250,000, to help fight the spread of the Ebola virus. These Development Cooperation funds will allow the Spallanzani Institute to supply technical assistance to the Sierra Leone […]
Read moreVietnam: Della Vedova, grande successo missione, Italia vince quando fa sistema
“The satisfaction of businesses that have participated in the mission to Vietnam was 100%, the best results seen in recent years in customer satisfaction surveys of participating firms. This has been a complete success and has shown how Italy can win by creating systems. In other words, when the government, businesses and sector associations coordinate […]
Read moreItalia-Iran: Vice Ministro Pistelli a Teheran
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Lapo Pistelli began a mission to Teheran that will conclude on 4 December. Pistelli is scheduled to meet with the highest Iranian authorities to discuss the principal bilateral and regional dossiers, particularly Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The mission is taking place at a stage of resumed political […]
Read moreFarnesina: connazionale ferito in Cisgiordania
The Farnesina confirms that an Italian national was wounded during a demonstration a Kafr Qaddur, near Nablus. The injured Italian was admitted to hospital, where he is in a stable condition and is out of danger. The Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem took immediate action to provide all necessary assistance and is continuing to […]
Read moreComunicato congiunto Ministero degli Esteri – Ministero dell’Interno
The new character and emergency nature of the migration flows affecting Europe’s borders, especially our southern borders, and the policies to address them were the focus of an informal meeting of foreign affairs and interior ministers of the European Union called in Rome by the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The […]
Read moreMigrazioni: il 28 novembre a Roma Conferenza Ministeriale di lancio della EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative
Il 28 novembre si svolgerà a Roma la Conferenza Ministeriale di lancio della EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative (Processo di Khartoum), momento qualificante della Presidenza italiana del Consiglio dell’Unione Europea. Presieduta dai Ministri degli Esteri, Paolo Gentiloni, e dell’Interno, Angelino Alfano, la Conferenza si chiuderà con l’adozione di una Dichiarazione politica. All’evento parteciperanno i […]
Read moreItaly-Niger: Deputy Minister Pistelli and Minister Cissé sign an agreement for a rural infrastructure development and market access project
The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, and the Minister of State for Planning, Regional Development, and Community Development of Niger, Amadou Boubacar Cissé, met today at the Farnesina. They signed an agreement for the granting of aid credit of 20 million euros for a market access and rural infrastructure project […]
Read moreLibya: Farnesina calls for immediate halt to raids on Tripoli
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is following the latest events in Libya with concern. The Farnesina has called for an immediate halt to the raids on Tripoli and to any other form of violence that could undermine the efforts of the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Libya, Bernardino Leon. Italy […]
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