U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Italy’s Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation between the United States and Italy on countering foreign state information manipulation. Foreign state inf...
READ MOREThe collaboration between Italy and the US in combating the spread of fentanyl is further strengthened with the delivery of the recently approved National Prevention Plan against the misuse of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids and presented by Undersecretary of the Presidency of the Council Alfredo Mantovano in the hands of Antony Blinken, US Se...
READ MOREItaly reaches out to the US as it begins leading the G-7. On Tuesday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke over the phone with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, his first initiative since Rome took over the Group of Seven’s rotating presidentship from Tokyo. The two spoke for forty minutes, delving into a plethora of issues and explori...
READ MOREThe visit of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, to Washington ended two days ago. The mission to the U.S. capital, in which Minister Tajani was assisted by the Ambassador of Italy, Mariangela Zappia, began yesterday morning, June 12th, with the laying of a wreath at...
READ MOREThis year marks the 160th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Italy and the United States, dating back to 1861, when Italians came together, propelled by the momentous awakening of the Risorgimento, under the banner of a single, unified Nation. Over the past 75 years, our ties have grown ever closer and our friendship e...
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