The foreign relations of the Italian Republic are the Italian government's external relations with the outside world. Located in Europe, Italy has been considered a major Western power since its unification in 1860. Its main allies are the NATO countries and the EU states, two entities of which Italy is a founding member. Italy was admitted to the United Nations in 1955, and it is a member and a strong supporter of a wide number of international organisations, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and World Trade Organization, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, and the Central European Initiative.
Count Luigi Corti, Italian diplomat, was born at Gambarana in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. represented Italy at the Congress of Berlin in 1878 together with Edoardo de Launay.
Italy–South Africa relations are the bilateral relations between Italy and South Africa. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1929. Italy has an embassy in Pretoria, a consulate-general in Johannesburg and a consulate in Cape Town. South Africa has an embassy in Rome. Both countries are members of the G20.
Raffaele Cappelli was an Italian politician and diplomat. He was born in San Demetrio ne' Vestini, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo.
Gianni Vernetti is a writer and Italian politician.
Collezione Farnesina Experimenta is a bilingual book that assembles and catalogues the eighty works of the Farnesina Experimenta Art Collection, housed in Palazzo della Farnesina.
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata is an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mario Monti's government from November 2011 until March 2013, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York between 2008 and 2009 and Ambassador of Italy to the United States between 2009 and 2011. He is currently a Senator of the Republic of Italy and the President of the 4th Permanent Senate Commission of EU Affairs elected from the Lombardy constituency as a part of Brothers of Italy. He is also the President of the India-Italy Parliamentary Friendship group.
Massimo Andrea Leggeri is an Italian diplomat.
Raffaele Guariglia, Barone di Vituso was an Italian diplomat. He is best known for his brief service as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the short-lived 1943 World War II-era Italian government headed by Pietro Badoglio.
Alberto Blanc was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was minister of foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Italy from 1893 to 1896. He was ambassador to Italy to the Ottoman Empire from 1886 to 1891, the United States from 1875 to 1880, and Spain from 1870 to 1871 and then again from 1883 to 1887. He was a recipient of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.
A Ministry of the Republic of Italy is an administrative organ of the Republic of Italy, placed at the top of Italian public administration and is characterised by one or more specific competencies, with an organised structure, often varying over time.
The Rome Med – Mediterranean Dialogue is an annual high-level conference on Mediterranean geopolitics promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI. It took place for the first time in 2015 and has since then been hosted every year in Rome, Italy. The aim of the conference is primarily to rethink traditional approaches to the Mediterranean area complementing analyses of current challenges with new ideas and suggestions to draft a new 'positive agenda', addressing shared challenges at the regional and international level.
The Carabinieri Foreign Ministry Command is the Carabinieri unit in charge for providing security and services to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ferdinando Nelli Feroci is an Italian diplomat who served briefly as a European Commissioner in 2014.
Count Giovanni Gallina was an Italian diplomat and politician. He became a senator on 16 October 1913.
Afghanistan–Italy relations are the diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Italy which were formed in 1919. On June 3, 1921, they signed the agreement for the exchange of permanent Diplomatic mission and the centenary, on 2021, was celebrated with letters exchanged between their Chairs. Both nations are members of the United Nations but the new Taliban rulers of Afghanistan are not recognised as a valid government by them, or indeed any state so far.
Piero De Masi was an Italian ambassador, known for his contribution in saving hundreds of Chileans fleeing the violence that followed the 1973 Pinochet coup.
Stefano Baldi is an Italian ambassador and author. Since January 4, 2021, he is the Permanent Representative of Italy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2016 to 2020, he was the Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Honduras-Italy relations refer to bilateral relations between Honduras and Italy. Honduras has an embassy in Rome. Italy has a non-resident ambassador based in Guatemala City accredited to Honduras.
Giancarlo Aragona is an Italian diplomat who served as ambassador of Italy to NATO, Russia and United Kingdom and Secretary General of OSCE.
