Italian MEP Gianni
Pittella, leader of the EP Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
caucus, on Tuesday called on the European Union to reconsider
its relations with Egypt in the light of the murder in Cairo of
Italian researcher Giulio Regeni. "We call on the European
Commission to reconsider its relations with Egypt, like Italy is
rightly doing," Pittella said.
Italy's ambassador to Cairo Maurizio Massari left Egypt on
Sunday, two days after the government said it was recalling him
for consultations following what is described as a lack of
cooperation in the probe on the murder case.
Regeni, a 28-year-old Cambridge doctoral student
researching Egyptian trade unions, was found in a ditch outside
Cairo on February 3 after disappearing on January 25, the
heavily policed fifth anniversary of the uprising that ousted
former strongman Hosni Mubarak. Egypt has denied the involvement
of security forces in the killing.
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