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The G7 deserves credit for Israel's muted response to the barrage of missiles and drones fired at it by Iran last weekend, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told reporters on Friday after a G7 ministerial meeting on Capri.

Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has thanked rotating G7 president Italy for its "excellent" leadership of the world's major democracies and its "active and consistent" support for the war-torn former Soviet republic.

G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capril is issuing a message calling for "caution" after reports of blasts in Iran's central Isfahan province during Israel's overnight strikes, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told SkyTg24 news on Friday.

Italy's presidency has placed Africa "at the centre" of the G7 group of wealth nations and wants to reinvigorate partnership with the African Union to fight illegal migration and boost stability and growth, according to foreign minister Antonio Tajani.

De-escalating high tensions Middle East and stopping Israel's conflict with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from spreading further in the region were the focus of talks Thursday between Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock.

The European Union needs to boost cooperation with transit counties in the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa after MEPs backed a landmark reform last week which tightens the bloc's migration and asylum rules, Italy has said.

As G7 president this year, Italy is striving "to make Russia understand" that Ukraine will keep getting strong, unanimous backing from Western countries in its efforts to repel Russia's full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022.

Italy strongly condemns Iran's missile and drone attack against Israel last weekend but fears any reprisal by the Jewish state would destabilise the volatile situation in the Middle East, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday.

The Group of Seven will bring peace "everywhere" though unity, shared values and "the strength of diplomacy", Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani told the opening session on Friday of a G7 foreign ministers' meeting.

At their three-day meeting on the island of Capri through Friday, G7 foreign ministers must unite and send out "a message of peace" to the world, foreign minster and meeting chair Antonio Tajani has stated.

Relations with the United States are a "lodestar" for Italy's foreign policy, foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote after talks with his US counterpart Antony Blinken at a G7 meeting on Capri late Wednesday.

Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani and his United States counterpart Antony Blinken will focus on a de-escalation of Middle East tensions when they hold talks Wednesday at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting on Capri.

At their three-day summit on Capri through Friday, G7 foreign ministers will seek a way to slap sanctions on Iran in the wake of its missile and drone attack on Israel at the weekend - its first direct military assault on the Jewish state.

Italy on Wednesday agreed to disburse 50 million euros to Tunisia to boost energy efficiency and renewables, as well as a 55 million euro credit line to its small-and-medium-sized companies (SMEs) as part of international efforts to buoy the country's crisis-hit economy.

Itay's president Sergio Mattarella has arrived in Sofia for a two-day official visit to Bulgaria, the Quirinal palace said in a statement.

Italy and Tunisia want to deepen their energy and migration cooperation, premier Giorgia Meloni said after talks in Tunis with president Kais Saied on Wednesday during which three key deals were signed.

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' deadly 7 October attack on Israeli civilians was "barbaric and shameful" but a ceasefire is urgently needed in the more-than-six-month old war in Gaza which followed the attack, Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani has underlined.