Tajani stressed that constructive dialogue must be started and Italy can play a very positive role, acting as a bridge between Brussels and Washington, just as former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi did with former US President George W. Bush.

A six-phase “road map” prepared by the EU’s foreign service advocates a “staged approach” to lifting sanctions on the country “to incentivise peaceful transition and reconstruction”. An arms embargo, sanctions on equipment used for internal repression and measures targeting Assad regime officials would be exempt, the document states.

Italy, along with other EU nations and the United States, is committed to fostering a just peace in Ukraine while ensuring its sovereignty, not its d

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday that it is impossible for Italy to spend 5% of GDP on defence after United States President Donald Trump called for NATO countries to lift expenditure to this threshold.

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Saturday told his Russian counterpart that Italy was no one's enemy after the Russian foreign ministry said Friday that Rome can't be involved in a possible Ukraine peace process due to its 'anti-Russian' stance.

The new US president reportedly represents a radical shift from the previously friendly policies of Joe Biden the outlet has claimed

Diplomats tell POLITICO they fear a Trumpian strategy of spurning the EU and playing divide and rule among member countries.

ROME - In the first high-level European visit to Israel and Palestine since the ceasefire, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called for greater European involvement in peace efforts in the region.

The European Union agreed to reactivate its border assistance mission at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s top diplomat, said Monday.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?