On March 27, 2023, Director-General Shen Bo of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the Foreign Ministry held a bilateral meeting with Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara, Director General for Political Affairs and Security of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the sidelines of an international conference in Rome. The two sides exchanged in-depth views on international and regional issues of mutual interest and concern. Shen Bo expounded China’s positions on human rights, the Ukraine crisis and other issues.