Tenth edition of the MED Mediterranean Dialogues Conference promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the (ISPI)
The tenth edition of the MED Mediterranean Dialogues Conference was held from 25 to 27 November 2024 in Rome at the Rome Cavalieri - Waldorf Astoria Hotel: a delegation from the United States of the World and the Fondazione Mediterraneo took part in the proceedings.
The conference, promoted since 2015 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Institute for International Policy Studies (ISPI), officially opened on Monday 25 November with a speech by Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and ISPI President Franco Bruni. High-level representatives from across the broader Mediterranean region attended, as well as representatives of numerous relevant international organisations, including: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General, Arab League; Taher al-Baour, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Libya; Abdallah Bou Habib, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Lebanon; Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, India; Mohamed Salem Ould Marzouk, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauritania; Shaya Mohsin Zindani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Yemen; Geir O. Pedersen, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria.
The Mediterranean Dialogues are the main public diplomacy initiative of the Farnesina, and this year's edition is being held in conjunction with the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting hosted by the Italian Government. Launched ten years ago by ISPI and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rome MED has become the point of reference for discussing the strategic issues of an enlarged Mediterranean and fostering an open and informal high-level debate with institutional representatives, experts, analysts, young people and exponents of civil society, the economy and the media.