Italy, France, Germany, the UK and the US issued a joint statement on Thursday welcoming the Libyan parliament's approval of a transitional unity government led by businessman Abdelhamid Dbeibah, calling the vote a "fundamental step" towards the war-torn country's unification.
Italy, the US, France, Germany, the United Kingdom on Thursday welcomed the vote by Libyan political and social forces in favour of a procedure to pick a unified interim government and urged Libya to swiftly appoint an "inclusive" new executive to lead the country to December elections.
The Italian government plans to boost staff at the foreign ministry and at its embassies and consulates around the world, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday.
On the fifth anniversary of the Islamic State jihadist group's deadly attack on the Bataclan theatre and other Paris venues, Italy's government tweeted solidarity with France and its opposition to terrorism.
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development will help millions of small farmers weather the devastation wrought by climate change and to produce more thanks to a 300 million euro loan from France agreed on Thursday, IFAD said in a statement.
Italy and France have boosted cooperation at their border, interior minister Luciana Lamorgese announced on Friday after talks in Rome with her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin.
The government wants to boost Italy's cooperation with France, premier Giuseppe Conte said on Friday at a geopolitics conference in Genoa.
Italy stands ready to help Spain and France as new lockdowns loom in the two countries amid surges in Coronavirus infections, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio wrote Monday on Facebook.
A rapid recovery for the whole of Europe - not just Coronavirus ravaged Italy - is at stake in negotiations over the European Union's next long-term budget and COVID-19 economic rescue plan, Italy' premier Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday.
Italy and France as well as "other European Union countries" agree there needs to be an accord "as soon as possible" on the bloc's next seven-year 1.1 trillion euro budget and 750 billion euro recovery plan, premier Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday.
Italy will next week return to France a stolen mural painted by British street artist Banksy that pays tribute to the 90 victims of the Islamic State's 2015 terror attacks on the Bataclan theatre in Paris in 2015.
