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The G7 trade ministers meeting in Calabria on Tuesday and Wednesday took place at a time of "major international tension", Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a closing press conference.
Italy exports goods worth 620 billion euros - almost 40% of its gross domestic product - overtaking Korea, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a G7 trade ministers meeting in Calabria on Wednesday.
Romania will "soon" return a 33-year-old convicted drug trafficker Francesco Flauto to serve the remainder of a 4 year and 2 month prison sentence in Italy, the foreign ministry said Wednesday in a statement.
Italy and Canada enjoy "excellent" bilateral ties and the government is hoping to attract new Canadian companies interested in investing in economic sectors including space, AI and green technologies.
Italy and Japan are seeking new industrial partnerships in high-tech sectors as bilateral trade prospers, foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote on Wednesday after talks with Japan's economy and trade minister Ken Saito.
Italy wants to boost all-round cooperation with Turkey, "a strategic partner in the Mediterranean", starting with the economic sector, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told industry and trade minister Omer Bolat on Wednesday.
The United Kingdom is a key partner and the government is "working tirelessly" to further strengthen the presence of Italian companies there, Tajani told the new UK business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds on Tuesday.
G7 trade ministers want to make economic systems "even more solid and secure" to withstand shocks like the Ukraine and Middle East wars and to be able to tackle global challenges such as artificial intelligence together, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.
The government will on Tuesday present to G7 trade ministers its controversial plan for the world's longest suspensions bridge linking the southern island region of Sicily to the mainland via the Strait of Messina, foreign minister Antonio Tajani announced on Tuesday.
Italy has appealed for democracy and decried violence after the shooting in Butler on Saturday of Republican nominee for November's US presidential contest, Donald Trump.
Davide Giglio is Italy's new envoy to the Philippines, the foreign ministry wrote Monday on X (formerly Twitter) congratulating the diplomat on his appointment.
Italy is eager to boost international cooperation in the "non-polluting" space industry and its technologies which can boost growth, sustainable agriculture and help protect the environment, according to foreign minister Antonio Tajani.
Italy's government has put Africa at the centre of its policies including under its Group of Seven Presidency this year and wants the continent to "become a priority" for the entire G7, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a space conference on Monday.
Saturday's shooting of Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, which killed a supporter and injured two others "was a blow to democracy", Italy's foreign minister told Channel 5's Morning News.
G7 foreign ministers on Thursday condemned Israel's move to expand its settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling it "counterproductive to the cause of peace".
The West must help Ukraine repel Russia's 29-month-old invasion and remain a free, democratic and independent country, but must also achieve peace talks between Kiev and Moscow, Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on the sidelines of a Nato summit in Washington.
El Salvador's interest in Italy is on the rise and the country offers "interesting growth margins" and "investment opportunities" for Italian companies, foreign undersecretary Giorgio Silli said after a visit which wrapped there up on Thursday.
Italy believes it should get the role of special envoy to Nato's southern flank, a view that premier Giorgia Meloni expressed to the military alliance's secretary-general-designate Mark Rutte, foreign minister Antonio Tajani has stated.
