Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni
said Friday that Italy would continue to "demand the truth" from
Egypt about the torture and murder in Cairo earlier this year of
Italian researcher Giulio Regeni.
Italy has complained of a lack of cooperation from Cairo
in getting to the bottom of the case.
On Thursday Egyptian government sources denied media
reports that Regeni had been stopped by police and handed over
to the Egyptian security services, according to the website of
the Egyptian daily Youm7.
"Aside from the evaluations of this news report, which it
is not the government's job to do, it is clear anyway that the
we confirm the very clear position that we have taken in recent
weeks," Gentiloni said at the fringes of a conference.
"If someone thinks that we will stop demanding the truth
on the Regeni murder with the passing of time, they are wrong".
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