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Italy's foreign ministry on Monday hailed the first shipment of grain from a Ukrainian port since Russia's invasion and naval blockade five months ago, which has led to a world food and energy crisis.
The friendship that exists between Italy and Mozambique is enabling their solid 'historic' ties to constantly expand, president Sergio Mattarella said on Wednesday during a visit to the African country.
NATO and China are seeking "a cooperative relationship and more reciprocal transparency," Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Wednesday.
Governments' handling of migration needs to be "humane and effective", Italy's premier Mario Draghi said on Tuesday at an intergovernmental conference in Turkey, where a recent surge in Mediterranean migration was high on the agenda.
The third intergovernmental forum held in Ankara on Tuesday further strengthens growing business ties between Italy and Turkey, which saw their bilateral trade climb 23.6% last year, according to premier Mario Draghi.
Italy on Tuesday underlined its backing for European Union candidate Ukraine against Russia's five-month-old military offensive and its post-war reconstruction.
Italy and Turkey will on Tuesday sign a raft of cooperation accords, and coordinate their actions to combat the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its grain blockade and to tackle a recent surge in Mediterranean migration.
Italy will keep up the quest for a diplomatic solution to the 131-day-old war in Ukraine and is undeterred by Russia's president Vladimir Putin's lack of interest in peace, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Monday.
Foreign undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova is leading Italy's delegation to the Ukraine Recovery Conference taking place on Monday and Tuesday in Lugano, Switzerland, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Italy on Friday voiced support for European Union candidate country Serbia's entry to the 27-member bloc and said it wants to bolster ties with the Balkan nation.
Italy on Friday reaffirmed its support for the International Criminal Court - the world's first permanent international criminal court - which was established on 1 July, 2002 - exactly two decades ago.
A total of 95 refugees have been flown to Italy from Libya, including children, female trafficking victims, survivors of torture and violence people with grave health problems, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Italy and the United States are "united" with the European Union over Russia's three-month-old invasion of Ukraine and have also expressed this unity within NATO, lower house of parliament speaker Roberto Fico said on Thursday.
The increase in United States forces in Europe announced by president Joe Biden on Wednesday poses no risk of a military escalation, but NATO must nonetheless be "ready", according to Italy's premier Mario Draghi.
Italy will send some 2,000 soldiers to Bulgaria and Hungary on NATO's eastern flank and a further 8,000 based in Italy "could be deployed as necessary", premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday.
Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has called on politicians and groups within NATO member states to show united support for Ukraine in the three-month-old war with its invader, Russia.
Ways to strengthen ties between Italy and Lebanon's armed forces and partnerships in the defence sector were the focus of defence undersecretary Giorgio Mule's talks in Beirut on Tuesday with senior officials.
The United Nations World Food Programme welcomed an announcement by G7 leaders meeting on Tuesday that they will give a further US$ 4.5 billion to shield the world’s most vulnerable people from hunger and malnutrition.
Italy is "deeply concerned" at Myanmar's deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's move from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw, the foreign ministry tweeted on Monday.
United Nations refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi has praised the Czech Republic for welcoming some 380,000 refugees who have fled there from their homeland since Russia's invasion on 24 February.
