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Russia's expulsion of three European diplomats it accuses of taking part in protests against jailed opposition politician and Kremlin critic Alexi Navalny is of "grave concern", Italy's foreign ministry tweeted Friday.
The government welcomed the election of a new unified interim Libyan executive on Friday by 75 UN-appointed delegates in Geneva, calling the outcome of the vote "an important step" towards stabilising Italy's war-wracked former colony.
A 10% rise in deaths in Europe from January to November last year compared with the same period of 2016-2019 "shows the dramatic consequences" of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni tweeted on Friday.
The United Nations refugee chief Filippo Grandi praised US president Joe Biden’s pledge to raise the cap on the number of refugees from a 40-year-low under his predecessor Donald Trump, saying the move would save lives and send a powerful signal to the world.
As former European Bank president Mario Draghi began talks Thursday with Italy's party's on forming a new government, deputy foreign minister Marina Sereni tweeted that the Democratic Party (PD) will offer its input on ways to halt the COVID-19 pandemic and turn Coronvirus-ravage Italy around.
Italy praised the United States' renewal on Wednesday of the New START Treaty with Russia for another five years, calling the treaty "a key instrument" in nuclear arms control.
Foreign undersecretary Ricardo Merlo on Wednesday held talks with Matteo Corradini, who has been appointed Italy's first consul in Britain's northern city of Manchester, the ministry tweeted.
The foreign and European affairs committees of Italy's lower house of parliament will on Thursday question Portugal's ambassador to Italy Pedro Nuno Bartolo on the priorities of his country's six-month rotating European Union presidency, the parliament said in a statement.
Basic liberties and Coronavirus pandemic's impact on the most vulnerable was the focus of talks on Wednesday between Italy's ambassador to Algeria Giovanni Pugliese and the president of Algeria's national human rights council, Bouzid Lazhari, the embassy tweeted.
EU economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni has welcomed Italy's president Sergio Mattarella's summoning of European Bank chief Mario Draghi for talks in Rome on Wednesday after Mattarella said he would seek a “high profile” executive.
Italy has deplored the three-and-a-half-year jail term that a Moscow court handed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impoverished an extra 130 million people worldwide, a drama that compels nations to act faster or fail to achieve zero-hunger by 2030, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's second-in-command Maurizio Martina told Adnkronos in an interview.
Envoy to Libya Giuseppe Buccino on Monday held talks with mayors, academics and local activists from the war-torn country's impoverished southwest Fezzan region as well as representatives of Italy's overseas aid agency, Bari's agronomic institute, association of local councils (Anci) and the Aracpacis NGO.
Italy on Monday deplored Myanmar's military coup against the democratically elected government and the arrest of Nobel peace laureate and civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of her party over alleged electoral fraud.
Italy's ambassador to Lebanon Nicoletta Bombardiere on Friday held talks on Friday in Beirut with caretaker justice minister Marie-Claude Najm, the embassy tweeted with a photo of the meeting.
Foreign under-secretary Ricardo Merlo on Friday praised Italy's president Sergio Mattarella for his "precious" role in helping steer the country out of its latest political crisis after caretaker premier Giuseppe Conte's third coalition government collapsed.
Italy's top diplomat Luigi Di Maio on Friday called for "a sense of responsibility" after president Sergio Mattarella tasked a parliament leader with finding out in four days of talks if a new ruling coalition can form after caretaker premier Giuseppe Conte's government collapsed.
Bolstering military cooperation, war-wracked Afghanistan and Libya as well as Afghanistan were the focus of phone talks Friday between Italy's defence secretary Lorenzo Guerini and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin.
Italy's government has blocked weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio stated on Friday. Both Gulf states belong to an Arab coalition that has been bombing war-torn Yemen since 2015 in a deadly bid to defeat Houthi rebels and restore president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi's rule.
The United States wants to "deepen" ties with Italy, secretary of state Antony Blinken tweeted Thursday after phone talks with Italy's foreign minister that covered Libya and Navalny case and terrorism among current international issues.
