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In remarks at a conference concluding Italy's presidency of the Council of Europe watchdog, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio praised Italy's "credible" position over Russia's 12-week-old invasion of Ukraine.
The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for greater funding for agriculture to ensure there’s available and accessible food in crisis situations, noting that conflict “remains the single greatest driver of hunger.”
Officials from Italy's embassy in Tripoli have visited a Libyan diplomatic policeman who was injured in clashes last week between rival militias when Fathi Bashagha, the premier appointed by the eastern parliament in briefly tried to take over the capital.
Russia's announcement on Wednesday that it would expel 24 Italian officials was "expected" and will not weaken diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine, according to foreign minister Luigi Di Maio.
The Italian government has renewed its condemnation of Russia's 12-week-old offensive in war-afflicted Ukraine and urged an immediate ceasefire that will ensure "concrete" talks on a lasting peace accord.
The 24 Italian officials ejected from Russia on Wednesday in a retaliatory move have always full respected diplomatic protocol, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Premier Mario Draghi has called Russia's tit-for-tat expulsions of 24 Italian diplomats "a hostile act" that harms prospects for peace negotiations aimed at ending the 12-week-old conflict in Ukraine.
Italy expressed "great concern" at fighting between rival militias in Tripoli on Tuesday, when the premier appointed by the eastern parliament in Tobruk briefly tried to take over the capital.
A sixth round of European Union sanctions against Russia over its almost-12-week-old invasion of Ukraine must be approved "as soon as possible", Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Monday in Brussels.
As Russia's 11-week-old invasion of Ukraine continues to block its grain exports and disrupt shipping in the Black Sea, the world is in danger of a global "bread war", Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has warned.
Italy and Germany are looking to achieve "ever more ambitious cooperation" also on obtaining a negotiated, lasting peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine, the foreign ministry tweeted on Friday.
Italy has called for "collective responsibility" to create "a genuine negotiating pathway" towards a peace settlement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Italy will "fully support" applications from Finland and Sweden's to join the North Atlantic Treaty NATO, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio announced.
All countries are free to apply for NATO membership - including countries on Russia's western flank such as Finland - Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio stated on Thursday.
Despite Russia's military might, Italy's premier Mario Draghi is right that Ukraine can win the 78-day-old conflict with Russia, according to the war-afflicted country's president, Volodymyr Zelenksy
Italy's government has expressed its "deep dismay" at the shooting dead of prominent American-Palestinian reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday and has called for her killers to be brought to justice.
Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio is opening an "exchange of views" on the Middle East and Africa taking place at the G7 foreign ministers meeting, which kicks off the in northern Germany on Thursday, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Russia's 77-day-old invasion of Ukraine is an attack on the international rulebook created after World War II and "a major challenge for the central values of democracy", according to Italy's premier Mario Draghi.
Nations must not allow Russia's 77-day-old invasion of Ukraine - a major grain exporter whose ports are blocked - to trigger food shortages and further price hikes that would spell disaster for millions more people in the word, Italy has warned.
Italy and Morocco's relations are "highly dynamic" and the two countries have reached "an excellent level of bilateral cooperation" according to foreign minister Luigi Di Maio.
