Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio and German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on Monday assessed tensions between Ukraine and Russia, whose troop build-up near their borders have stoked fears that Moscow could soon launch an invasion.
Italy and Europe are focused on war-torn Afghanistan and Libya, and security and the fight against terrorism remain 'central' issues, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio wrote Monday on Facebook.
Two new initiatives financed by the Italian foreign ministry's Migration Fund will ramp up cooperation with countries in the Sahel - a major transit region for migrants hoping to reach Europe, according to a foreign ministry statement.
Foreign ministers from Italy and the other six G7 members on Thursday issued a strongly worded statement deploring the "orchestration" by Belarus of migration to the European Union in retaliation for the bloc's sanctions against the country's increasingly autocratic government.
Italy is to boost its engagement with Africa's Sahel region - a migration and terrorism hub - foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Wednesday.
Migration concerns the whole of the European Union - not just entry points like Italy and Spain - so the bloc must show solidarity in managing the phenomenon, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday.
Africa's Sahel region - a terrorism and migration hub - has "strategic value" for Italy and is one of Europe's de facto southern borders, according to foreign minister Luigi Di Maio..
Europe's security depends on stopping Mediterranean migration, Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio stated on Friday, calling for "a joint effort" from the European Union to stabilise the war-torn country.
Italy's prime minister Mario Draghi appealed on Thursday for European Union funds amid a dramatic surge in Mediterranean migration this year that has gained pace as the weather warms.
Italy is "not at all happy" with the European Union's lack of progress on a new migration pact, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday after over 2,000 people landed on tiny Lampedusa island at the weekend.
Migration and the fight against trafficking were high on the agenda during talks in Rome on Friday between Italy's interior minister Luciana Lamorgese and Libya's first female foreign minister, Najla al-Mangoush.
Italy wants to boost its "privileged relationship" with Libya, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday after talks with his Libyan counterpart Najla al-Mangoush.
United Nations refugee chief Filippo Grandi praised Pope Francis' 'holistic' approach to global displacement during a private Audience at the Vatican on Friday and said UNHCR wants to boost cooperation with the Holy See in assisting asylum-seekers and refugees.
The Coronavirus pandemic could drive up what are already record migration levels, as more people seek work to support their families and to feed them amid "skyrocketing hunger" in the world, the United Nations warned in a new report released on Tuesday.
The thousands of migrants headed for southern Europe from Africa, the Middle East and Asia are the responsibility of the entire bloc, Italy's foreign under-secretary and Germany's deputy parliament speaker Thomas Oppermann agreed on Thursday.
