00:00The most important event of the month, the passing of Pope Francis on April 21st, and above all, his funeral on Saturday the 26th, also served as an opportunity for significant diplomatic meeting among members of the more than 180 foreign delegations present in St Peter's Square.
00:24This took place in the hours before, after, and in some cases even during the long ceremony held on the forecourt of the Basilica.
00:32One such meeting was the face-to-face between US President Trump and Ukrainian leader Zelensky, which took place inside St Peter's.
00:40One of the day before the funeral, Giorgia Meloni received Hungarian President Orban at Palazzo Chigi for a courtesy visit, as well as British Prime Minister Starmer.
00:49On April 26th, she had lunch with Argentine President Milley.
00:53Later, the Prime Minister met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
00:58During their talks, both sides reaffirmed support for President Trump's efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace that can ensure a future of security, sovereignty and freedom for Ukraine.
01:11On April 29th, in Rome at Villa Doria Panfili, the fourth Italy-Turkey Intergovernmental Summit was held.
01:19I am very pleased to have welcomed President Erdogan.
01:22Our discussions were very productive and I am particularly satisfied with the results we achieved, said Prime Minister Meloni in joint statement, confirming the strength of relations between the two countries and announcing the intention to further strengthen the partnership.
01:37That afternoon, also in the capital, the Italy-Turkey Business Forum took place, with over 500 Italian and Turkish companies participating and more than 150 business-to-business meetings.
01:49During the forum, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency, ICE, agreements and commercial understanding were signed, involving key Italian entities such as Leonardo, Sparkly, Confindustria, Assafrica and Mediterraneo, Saci, CDP and Simest.
02:08On April 14th, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani carried out an important mission in Egypt, where he met the Egyptian President Al-Sisi and his counterpart, Badr Abdelhati.
02:20Tajani signed several memoranda as part of the Mattei Plan, including the creation of the Italian-Egyptian Center for Employment and Migration, founded by Italian Cooperation with 2 million euro, and a Cooperation Agreement on the Energy Transition.
02:34Framework agreements were also signed by Saci and the Italian aggregator Immagro with Egyptian partners.
02:41On April 16th, the Minister Tajani opened the fifth edition of a General Assembly of the Italian Language in the World, held at the Maxi Auditorium in Rome.
02:50This is the main institutional event dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of the Italian language worldwide, aimed at creating a community of Italophony, a project that will be focused on an international conference scheduled for the upcoming autumn.
03:05On Sunday, April 13th, the Foreign Minister participated in an inauguration ceremony of the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
03:16On that occasion, Tajani presented the Asia-Pacific focus of the Export Action Plan and took part in the unveiling ceremony of the Olympic and Paralympic Torches for the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
03:28The presence of our country at Expo 2025 is an opportunity to stimulate the internationalization of Italian companies, promote export growth and attract strategic investment, said Tajani.
