00:00On 10 and 11 of July, Rome hosted the Ukraine Recovery Conference co-organized by the Italian and Ukrainian governments.
00:14The meeting, held at the La Nuvola Convention Center, brought together around 100 government delegations and 40 international organizations, including major development banks.
00:25Also present were 2,000 participants from businesses, local authorities and civil society.
00:31In his opening remarks, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stressed that the conference was not
00:36only an economic meeting, but also a demonstration that Ukraine is not alone.
00:41Commitments worth 10 billion euro were announced during the conference, as confirmed by Prime
00:46Minister Giorgia Meloni in her speech.
00:51On 14 and 15 of July, Foreign Minister Tajani traveled to Washington for meetings with
00:56U.S. institutional leaders, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trade Representative
01:02Jameson Greer, as well as the business community and the Italian-American diaspora.
01:07The mission focused on bilateral and transatlantic relations and on major international challenges,
01:12beginning with support for Ukraine against Russian aggression and on trade matters, following
01:17President Trump's announcement of 30% tariffs on EU goods.
01:22Tajani described his meeting with Secretary of State Rubio as very positive, with a shared
01:27view of key international issues, speaking at a press point at the Italian Embassy in Washington.
01:35On 23 July, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebun at Villa Doria
01:42Panfili for the fifth Italy-Algeria summit, attended by several ministers for both governments.
01:47The joint communique reaffirmed the exceptional nature of the Italy-Algeria strategic partnership,
01:53describing it as a model for international relations and for cooperation across the Mediterranean.
01:59Numerous agreements were reached during the intergovernmental session, followed by the
02:04Italy-Algeria Business Forum, organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
02:08cooperation with the Italian Trade Agency.
02:11On 22 July, at Villa Madama in Rome, in the presence of the Foreign Minister, the 46 young
02:17diplomats who passed the 2023 competitive examination for Secretaries of Legation took a oath of allegiance
02:24to the Republic.
02:26The ceremony marked the end of their probation period and their formal entry into the diplomatic
02:31corps.
02:32In his address, Minister Tajani highlighted the responsibility of the new generation of diplomats
02:37to represent the dynamism and creativity of Italy around the world.
02:42Italy-Unesco World Heritage sites have risen to 61.
02:47The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, has inscribed the site Funerary
02:54Tradition of Prehistoric Sardinia, the Domus Deianas, onto the World Heritage List.
03:00These ancient Rocca chamber tombs, literary houses of the fairies, embody the cultural uniqueness
03:06of Sardinian prehistory.
03:08Combining archaeological significance with deep symbolic value in the island's collective
03:12heritage with this addition, Italy strengthens its position as the country with the highest
03:17number of the UNESCO World Heritage sites, a testament to the extraordinary richness of
03:22its cultural and natural heritage.
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