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Migration "requires strategic action and major investments by Europe in the African continent," foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday after talks in Berlin with German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock.
Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani and German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on Thursday agreed on the need to stabilise the Balkans and allow candidate countries to join the European Union as full members.
Italy and Germany must spearhead a green transition that enables industry to be competitive and do deals with Africa to extract and process raw materials, according to foreign minister Antonio Tajani.
Italy's premier, Giorgia Meloni held talks on Wednesday with her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama at the prime minister's office, Palazzo Chigi, in Rome, Meloni's office said in a statement.
A "strong desire" for cooperation exists between Italy and Albania, including over illegal immigration, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Wednesday after talks in Rome with Albanian premier Edi Rama.
European Union candidate Albania is "a strategic partner in the Balkans" and should join the 27-member bloc "before 2030", Italy's foreign minister, Antonio Tajani told reporters in Rome on Wednesday.
Members of the lower house of parliament are quizzing foreign minister Antonio Tajani Wednesday on the government's much touted 'Mattei' cooperation plan to propel Africa's economic growth and aid Italy's energy independence following Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.
Italian major Eni's low carbon unit, Plenitude will open its first solar plant in Kazakhstan, a 50MW facility which will help develop the local Turkistan region by offering it access to state-of-the art technology in the renewable energy field, Eni said in a statement on Wednesday.
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message of condolence to Italian President Sergio Mattarella over the death of former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano last week at the age of 98.
A delegation from the northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region's president, Nechirvan Barzani on Tuesday visited the Italian consulate in Erbil to pay respects to Italy's late emeritus president, Giorgio Napolitano, praising his "leadership and dedication".
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is "asking for an explanation" over the German government's move to fund two non-government organisations rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean and disembarking them in Italy.
The ongoing surge in migration in the Mediterranean and via the Balkans is "a serious problem" for Italy, foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated after talks in Paris with French counterpart Catherine Colonna late on Monday.
Migration is 'a European problem' for Italy and France and they are committed to strengthening coordination on the coup-hit Sahel region, war-battered Ukraine and on 'European issues', foreign minister Antonio Tajani tweeted late on Monday.
Italy, a leading peacemaker in the Bakans, has urged Kosovo and Serbia to dialogue after the siege at monastery in north Kosovo this weekend in which three ethnic Serb gunmen and a police officer died.
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has voiced Italy's "great concern" at the siege at a monastery in north Kosovo at the weekend in which a policeman and three gunmen died in resurgence of violence in the restive region amid stalling talks between Pristina and Belgrade.
France's president, Emmanuel Macron,will attend a funeral service on Tuesday at the parliament in Rome for Italy's emeritus president, Giorgio Napolitano, who died last week aged 98.
Extending ties and transalpine links between Italy and France, migration, the Sahel, Ukraine, European enlargement and EU reforms will be a focus of talks Monday in Paris between foreign minister Antonio Tajani and French counterpart Catherine Colonna.
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani will meet French counterpart Catherine Colonna for talks in Paris on Monday which are likely to cover the Mediterranean migration crisis and a plan to double the Mont Blanc alpine tunnel.
The United Arab Emirates, host of this year's COP28 United Nations climate summit, wants "innovative solutions" from businesses for the green transition - in areas from energy efficiency and renewables to low-carbon hydrogen, the foreign ministry said in statement on Friday.
