Meeting with the President of Paraguay

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, received the President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña Palacios, at Palazzo Chigi, on the occasion of his visit to Italy to attend the Aqaba Process meeting to be held in Rome today and tomorrow, 15 October 2025.

The meeting, coming just a short time after the previous one held in the margins of the United Nations High-Level Week in New York, is a further concrete sign of the excellent level of bilateral ties between the two nations, in the year marking the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Paraguay.

During the meeting, the two leaders reaffirmed their desire for close cooperation with regard to the fight against drug trafficking. They also agreed it would be opportune to encourage the growing interest among Italian businesses to operate in Paraguay, in strategic sectors of mutual interest.