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The italian diplomatic activity from abroad - September 28, 2026 · The italian diplomatic activity

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the main events of Italian diplomatic activity abroad.
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  Speaker 1: Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani led the Italian delegation on
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  Speaker 1: behalf of Prime Minister Maloney at the United Nations General
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  Speaker 1: Assembly in New York from September 21 to 24, held
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  Speaker 1: under the theme Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nation
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  Speaker 1: that Serves Everyone. On September 23, Tajani addressed the meeting
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  Speaker 1: of the UN Security Council in Ukraine, where he reiterated
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  Speaker 1: his condemnation of Russian attacks against civilians stressed the need
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  Speaker 1: for a ceasefire ahead of the winter and reaffirmed Italy's
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  Speaker 1: comprehensive support for Kyiv. On the same day, he also
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  Speaker 1: addressed the General Assembly. Let's listen to the Minister Tajani.
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  Speaker 1: In place of the law of the strongest, we choose
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  Speaker 1: the strength of the law. Against the politics of force,
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  Speaker 1: we choose the power of politics. This is the message
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  Speaker 1: Italy brings to the United Nations today. This is the
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  Speaker 1: mission of Italian diplomacy, to build bridges open pathways and
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  Speaker 1: keep dialogue alive, even when it seems impossible, to work
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  Speaker 1: for peace, well-being and growth, because growth is prosperity and
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  Speaker 1: prosperity consolidates peace. Thursday, September 24, was dedicated to the
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  Speaker 1: Middle East. In the morning, Tajani attended the ministerial meeting
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  Speaker 1: of the Global Alliance for the Two-State Solutions following the
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  Speaker 1: meeting hosted in Rome last July. He recalled Italy's frontline
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  Speaker 1: commitment the reconstruction of Gaza humanitarian assistance and reception efforts,
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  Speaker 1: including through the Food for Gaza Initiative and university corridors. Later,
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  Speaker 1: the Foreign Minister co-chaired, together with his Croatian counterpart Gordon Gerlich-Radman,
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  Speaker 1: the second meeting of the Rome Coalition launched last May
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  Speaker 1: to promote access to fertilizer and strengthen food security amid
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  Speaker 1: growing instability along major international shipping routes. Africa was also
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  Speaker 1: at the center of several events attended by the Italian delegation,
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  Speaker 1: including a high-level event organized by Italy to support the
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  Speaker 1: replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education, co-chaired by Minister
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  Speaker 1: Tajani and Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shetima Mustafa. The schedule
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  Speaker 1: of bilateral meetings was particularly intense. On September 21 in
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  Speaker 1: New York, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met U.S. Secretary of
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  Speaker 1: State Marco Rubio to discuss the main issues on the
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  Speaker 1: international agenda. The two ministers signed the Italy-U.S. Memorandum of
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  Speaker 1: Understanding on Cooperation in the Critical Mineral Sector. The agreement
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  Speaker 1: establishes a dedicated Italy-U.S. working group and strengthens joint efforts
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  Speaker 1: to secure critical raw material supply chains. Among Chayani's other
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  Speaker 1: bilateral meetings were talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi
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  Speaker 1: and Indian External Affairs Minister Yashankar. Tajani's extensive schedule also
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  Speaker 1: included an informal meeting of the European Union's Foreign Affairs
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  Speaker 1: Council and the meeting of G7 foreign ministers. Among the
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  Speaker 1: events held on the sidelines of the General Assembly, Tajani
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  Speaker 1: chaired the meeting of the foreign ministers of Western Balkans
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  Speaker 1: and the Friends of the Western Balkans group, as part
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  Speaker 1: of Italy's commitment to accelerating the European integration of the
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  Speaker 1: countries in the region. European Parliament President Roberta Mazzola also
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  Speaker 1: attended the meeting. The mission to New York also provided
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to meet the Italian community living in the
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  Speaker 1: United States and Italian companies operating in the country. Minister
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  Speaker 1: Tajani inaugurated CIMAST's new office in New York, which will
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  Speaker 1: work in synergy with the Italian Trade Agency and met
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  Speaker 1: members of New York's Italian community, the largest in the
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  Speaker 1: United States with more than 110,000 Italian citizens registered with
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  Speaker 1: the Council of Authorities. At the Italian Council General in
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  Speaker 1: New York, together with the Italian Councils in the United States,
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  Speaker 1: the Foreign Minister announced the launch of the new Operations
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  Speaker 1: Centre for Assistance to Italians Abroad. The Centre will operate
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  Speaker 1: 24 hours a day to receive requests for assistance from
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  Speaker 1: Italian citizens facing difficulties abroad, while also strengthening coordination with
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  Speaker 1: Italian embassies and consulates around the world. Deputy Foreign Minister
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  Speaker 1: Edmondo Cirielli also took part in the mission, attending the
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  Speaker 1: G7 Development Ministers' Meeting, where he highlighted the contribution and
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  Speaker 1: innovative approach of Italian development cooperation worldwide, particularly in the
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  Speaker 1: increasingly close partnership with the African countries in line with
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  Speaker 1: Matei Plan for Africa. Part of the program was also
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  Speaker 1: devoted to Maurizio Martinez's candidacy for Director General of the FAO.
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  Speaker 1: during the Food for Health, Food for Earth event aimed
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  Speaker 1: at promoting the first international day of the Mediterranean diet,
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  Speaker 1: which will be celebrated on November 16th this year. During
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  Speaker 1: the mission to New York and the Secretary of State
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  Speaker 1: for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripoli co-chaired a high-level event organized
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  Speaker 1: by Italy and Philippines on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
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  Speaker 1: The current fragmentation of the security environment requires concrete action
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  Speaker 1: to support women's leadership. The values and objectives of the
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  Speaker 1: agenda are a shared responsibility, Tripodi said, stressing that the
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  Speaker 1: complexity of the international situation makes it even more important
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  Speaker 1: to ensure continuity in the efforts undertaken so far. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: the Concessional Finance Committee, chaired by the Italian Ministry of
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Affairs, approved 630 subsided financial operations to support the
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  Speaker 1: internationalization of Italian companies. From more than 343 million euros,
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  Speaker 1: this represents the highest figure since the beginning of the year,
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  Speaker 1: both in terms of the number of operations and the
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  Speaker 1: total amount approved. It comes on top of the 1.1
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  Speaker 1: billion euros already committed in 2026 under the export plan
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  Speaker 1: promoted by Minister Tajani. And that's all for now. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for your attention and stay tuned.