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Ukraine has the entire world's backing, Italy's premier Mario Draghi said on Thursday during a visit to the war-wracked country with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Over 13,000 disabled people in the West Bank town of Hebron are receiving cash grants thanks to an initiative involving the United Nations World Food Programme, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Labour Organization, and the Palestinian social development ministry.

The 27-member European Union is not currently planning any embargo of Russian gas, the bloc's economic commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Tuesday.

Prime minister Mario Draghi has conveyed the Italian government's condolences on the death of renowned Israeli writer Abraham Yehoshua,

Italy wants to broaden its cooperation with "key partner" Israel, extending current medical, scientific and economic collaboration to a raft of other areas such as robotics and aerospace, Italy's premier Mario Draghi said on Tuesday in Jerusalem.

Italy and Israel are cooperating on sourcing gas from the eastern Mediterranean and developing renewables to reduce dependence on Russian gas imports and to speed up the green transition drive.

Italy "firmly rejects every form of hatred and discrimination", premier Mario Draghi said during a visit Tuesday to Israel's Yad Vashem memorial to the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during the World War II Holocaust.

Italy has renewed its support for a two-state solution to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its resolve to halt violence in the region and foster legislative and presidential polls.

Russia's president Vladimir Putin must take "concrete" steps to end the conflict in Ukraine and allow millions of tonnes of wheat to leave its ports in order to avoid famine and unrest in Africa, according to Italy.

Italy and other nations are gravely concerned at the impact that Russia's "unjustifiable" 108-day-old war in Ukraine poses to Africa's food security, according to foreign minister Luigi Di Maio.

Russia's 108-day-old invasion of Ukraine is set to cause "an unprecedented food catastrophe" in the world, Italy has warned, calling for an end to the looming "grain war".

Italy's overseas aid department has flown six tonnes of medical equipment to Siret, Romania for tens of thousands of Ukrainians who have fled there from their homeland since Russia's invasion in February.

Countries need to boost investment in renewable energy to cut their long-term dependence on Russian energy imports, Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio underlined on Thursday.

The stalled negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are crucial to ending the 106-day-old invasion of the former Soviet republic, Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday.

The historic Quirinale Treaty inked by Italy and France last year cements bilateral cooperation and helps the two nations tackle the new challenges posed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday.

Italy is guest of honour at this year's Prague International Book Fair, taking place from Thursday to Sunday, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Foreign minister Luigi Di Maio is due on Thursday to attend a meeting in Paris of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Ministerial Council - a key OECD body - which Italy is chairing this year.

Russia's more-than-three-month-old war in Ukraine cannot cancel other crises around the world - from the Middle East to the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan, Italy's deputy foreign minister Marina Sereni said on Tuesday.

The stability and peaceful development of the Horn of Africa and Sudan was the focus of talks on Tuesday between Italy's deputy foreign minister Marina Sereni and European Union special representative for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber.

Italy's premier Mario Draghi held talks in Rome on Tuesday with Georgia's president Salome Zourabichvili during her official visit to Italy, Draghi's office said in a statement.