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Foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday he is afraid the war between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza "may widen" and hopes premier Giorgia Meloni visit to Lebanon this week may help avert this scenario.
The deadly terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall last week was a "very heavy blow" for Russia's president Vladimir Putin and a "failure" of its intelligence services, Italy said on Thursday.
Italy backs this week's UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza, the freeing of hostages and entry of vital humanitarian aid for the Palestinian enclave's population, while it opposes a planned Israeli ground offensive in Rafah.
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday underlined Italy's unwavering support for Ukraine in its 25-month-old war with invader Russia, but continued to rule out sending troops to the former Soviet republic.
The G7 foreign ministers' summit on Capri next month will centre on the almost six-month-old Israel-Hamas conflict, Russia's war with Ukraine and will also cover cybernetics and artificial intelligence.
Security is being ratcheted up in Naples and on the nearby island of Capri ahead of a G7 foreign ministers' summit there on 17-19 April, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday during a visit.
Local authorities and NGOs are being invited to submit sustainable development tenders mainly for Africa to Italy's overseas aid agency (AICS) for grants worth 180 million euros at an event at the foreign ministry in Rome on Thursday.
Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni is holding talks in Beirut late Wednesday with her Lebanese counterpart Najib Mikati, followed by an informal dinner at his official residence. On Friday, Meloni will visit Italian peacekeepers at the Millevoi military base in Shama before flying back to Italy.
Red Sea holiday-makers face "no particular dangers" while ongoing attacks against cargo vessels by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen are a threat to shipping in the key trade route, according to Italy.
Italians should avoid Easter trips to Moscow and mass events like the concert in Russia's capital last Friday at which at least 137 people were killed in terrorism attack claimed by Islamic State jihadists, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.
In a message on X, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation on Tuesday launched an urgent appeal for 149.9 million dollars to help feed over half of Syria's population who don't know where their next meal is coming from.
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has expressed Italy's "closeness" to the United States after a container ship crashed into a major bridge in the port city of Baltimore on Tuesday, causing the bridge to collapse, leaving least seven people missing and multiple vehicles detected underwater.
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has voiced opposition to "a war economy", saying armed forces and weapons should be invested in and used only to "maintain peace".
Ambassador to Iraq Maurizio Greganti and its premier Mohammed Shia al-Sudani have held "fruitful" talks in Baghdad aimed at cementing their countries' "deep friendship", security and commercial relations.
Italy is looking to strengthen and deepen its "privileged" relationship with Brazil and Uruguay, kicking off the process with a series of visits by its politicians to the two South American nations in the next few weeks.
Attacks since November on cargo ships in the key Red Sea trade route by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen will deepen the impoverished country's "dire" humanitarian situation, the Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warned on Monday.
Italy on Monday praised the UN Security Council's backing of a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Israel's war in Gaza and the release of all hostages calling it "a first positive step forward".
Intelligence and security services will keep up their "relentless" work to ensure Italy does its utmost to protect citizens and visitors, foreign minister Antonio Tajani vowed on Monday.
Italian major Eni, shipbuilding giant Fincantieri and global consultancy RINA have agreed to develop joint projects to decarbonise the maritime sector in line with the European Union's legally binding goal of climate neutrality by 2050, Eni said in a statement on Monday.
There is 'no evidence' that Ukraine was behind Friday's Islamic State-claimed terror attack at a concert hall in Moscow which killed at least 137 people and injured over a hundred more, according to Italy.
