Italy Distances Egypt From Verdict over Giulio Regeni as Opposition Attacks
- 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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Italy distances Egypt from verdict over Giulio Regeni as opposition attacks
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.
Tajani's statement that disguising Cairo for the condemnation of the three 007 Egyptians is not only another unhappy exit of the minister, but the position of Palazzo Chigi: Meloni silent, because the line is to wait for the storm to pass, without threats or ruptures with al-Sisi, a key ally, despite never having collaborated in the search for the truth about the murder of Julius Regenti
There is a condemnation that cannot be executed, an authoritarian country that does not cooperate and the Italian government in the middle
In Rome, three Egypts were sentenced in absentia for the torture of the student Giulio Regeni. Italy's government, however, tries to avoid the break with Egypt's regime, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is indignant with a appeased statement. And the call for information is getting louder.
This article was first published through Cedarnews.net. To follow up on more news and exclusive reports, they visited us on our website. Three Egyptian security officials were convicted by a court in Rome, against the background of the abduction of an Italian student whose body was found with traces of torture in Cairo a decade ago.
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, ...
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