(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani was set to attend the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday in Rome of 46 young recruits who passed their probationary period – the first step in their diplomatic careers – the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The new recruits will swear allegiance to the Italian Republic at the ceremony which will also be attended by two other cabinet ministers, the head of private business lobby Confindustria and other senior officials, the statement said.
“It will be a ceremony open to Italy and the world,” the statement cited Tajani as saying.
The ceremony his being held at the government’s Renaissance Villa Madama on a hillside above Rome’s northern Monte Mario district,
“We will be joined by universities minister Anna Maria Bernini, public administration minister Paolo Zangrillo, Confindustria president Emanuele Orsini, by the president of Italian Rectors Giovanna Iannantuoni, Confindustria Young Entrepreneurs president Maria Anghileri, and CONI (National Olympic Committee) president Luciano Buonfiglio,” Tajani said.
“Universities, industry, the world of sport, the civil service: all are areas with which future diplomats will have to interact in an increasingly concrete manner,” Tajani added.
In his opening speech at the ceremony, Tajani will underline the importance for a new generation of young diplomats of representing Italy’s dynamism and creativity abroad in the best possible way, according to the statement.
Tajani will outline foreign ministry reforms including the opening of the diplomatic service exam to graduates from all university faculties and the expansion of training activities for foreign ministry staff, the statement said.
The new recruits passed an exam in 2023 to become Legation Secretaries held in 2023 and completed nine-month specialisation course. The course included an apprenticeship at the foreign ministry and at Italian embassies and consulates abroad, as well as training at the National School of Administration (SNA) and study of the country’s main industries, the statement noted.
