Italy Distances Egypt From Verdict over Giulio Regeni as Opposition Attacks
The ruling caps a decade-long fight by Regeni’s family and could test Italy’s efforts to preserve ties with Cairo.
- On Monday, a Rome court found three Egyptian security officials guilty in absentia for the 2016 kidnapping of Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old postgraduate student at Britain's Cambridge University who was killed after his abduction.
- Regeni vanished in Cairo on January 25, 2016, with his body later showing signs of extensive torture; prosecutors allege he was targeted because his research involved politically sensitive independent trade unions in Egypt.
- Greens and Left Alliance leader Angelo Bonelli stated, "For this government, business dealings with Egypt and oil come before international law and justice," while Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein called the judgment "historic."
- Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani signaled on Tuesday that Italy intends to avoid a diplomatic rupture with Egypt, emphasizing the court convicted three individuals rather than the Egyptian state itself.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sought to rebuild relations with Egypt since taking power, viewing the country as a key strategic partner for migration control, energy security, and stability in North Africa.
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On the statements after the sentence "Regeni" I am amazed by the controversy. I limited myself to photographing yesterday's sentence. And precisely because it is a limited sentence, ...
The minister after the controversy: 'We cover nothing, we want to know the whole truth' (ANSA)
"Indecent words" , "chilling negationism" , "serious position" . The oppositions are hurled against the statements on the sentence "Regeni" of the foreign minister Antonio Tajani , according to which three people were sentenced , not "Egypt" . "It is serious the position of Tajani . Just as an important result comes from justice , with yesterday's sentence , instead of grasping its value [...] The article "Regeni Judgment , the oppositions again…
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The Straits TimesItaly distances Egypt from verdict over Giulio Regeni as opposition attacks
By Crispian BalmerROME, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Italy signalled on Tuesday it wanted to avoid a diplomatic rupture with Egypt after three Egyptian security officials were found guilty in absentia of the 2016 kidnapping of student Giulio Regeni, who was killed after his abduction."There has been a conviction. Egypt has not been convicted, three people have been convicted," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said, appearing keen to separate the verdict f…
Tajani: "Three people have been convicted, not Egypt."
In the aftermath of the decision of the First Court of Assise in Rome, which sentenced three 007 Egyptians for the seizure of Giulio Regenti, the political debate on the relations between Italy and Egypt is inflamed and the oppositions criticize the statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the Council, Antonio Tajani. "Now also our government [...]
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