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Prime minister Giorgia Meloni's office on Tuesday reaffirmed Italy's "full commitment" to Ukraine but ruled out sending European or Nato ground troops to help fight Russia after France appeared to float the possibility.
Italy joined Germany, Britain and other European nations in saying on Tuesday they did not plan to deploy troops to Ukraine after France's president, Emmanuel Macron hinted at the possibility amid arms shortages and Russian battlefield gains.
Italy wants to strengthen "excellent" cooperation with Croatia in a raft of areas from culture and research to business amid "strong harmony" between the two nations "on the priorities of the European agenda".
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has welcomed the release of an Italian couple and their son held hostage by Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists in Mali since 2022 and expressed "relief" at the success of the operation.
Three Italian citizens held by al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists in Mali for over 21 months were set to arrive at Ciampino airport near Rome on Tuesday after their release, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
France's ambassador Martin Briens paid a visit to Italy's Adnkronos news agency's headquarters in Rome on Tuesday, where he met the Adnkronos group (GMC)'s president and owner, Giuseppe Marra.
Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani has deplored and attack on Euro-MP Alessandra Mussolini in a Strasbourg street in which she said she was struck on the back and shoulders with a crutch and insulted by an Italian-speaking man late on Monday.
The European Union must calibrate the entry to the bloc of the western Balkans, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, while enacting the reforms needed to play and a more active and decisive role on the international stage, according to Italy.
The European Union "does well" to maintain an underwavering commitment to helping candidate country Ukraine defend itself against Russia's unconscionable aggression", Italy stated on Monday.
A truce in the "dramatic"143-day-old Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and freedom of navigation in the key Red Sea trade route are vital, Italy's president Sergio Mattarella and his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides agreed on Monday.
On top of its unwavering military and political backing for Ukraine, Italy will keep helping the war-ravaged country rebuild through material aid and know-how, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.
Peace is the lodestar of Italy's foreign policy and is its objective in Ukraine, the Middle East and the key Red Sea trade route, according to foreign minister Antonio Tajani.
Italy's government "firmly believes" in the Palestinian Authority and hopes it will be Israel's "real future interlocutor" talks on a two-state solution to the longstanding conflict between the Jewish State and the Palestinians.
Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni will meet United States president Joe Biden for talks at the White House in Washington DC next Friday, spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on a statement.
While Israel's security must be unfailingly guaranteed so that attacks like Hamas' deadly 7 October cross-border rampage won't be possible in future, the Jewish state cannot only use military might to defend itself, according to Italy.
The phenomenon of migration to Italy can only be solved at European level and not by "do-gooding or barbed wire," foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday.
Italy's overseas aid agency has okayed a 5 million euro contribution for the Global Partnership for Education fund as part of a 25 million euro pledge for the period- 2021-2025, AICS wrote Friday on X (formerly Twitter).
Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani has tweeted "full solidarity" with rightwing premier Giorgia Meloni after participants at far-left rally in Rome scrawled insults and threats against her and burned an effigy.
Ambassador to Pakistan, Marilina Armellis, is on a visit to the country's second largest city, Lahore, capital of Punjab province, in a sign of Italy's strong interest in reinforcing and deepening already "excellent" bilateral relations.
Hostilities between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and the disputed Blue Line border with the Jewish State were the focus of Italys' ambassador Nicoletta Bombardiere and foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib's talks in Beirut on Friday.
