(ANSAmed) - Banja Luka, June 16 - Italian Foreign Minister
Paolo Gentiloni said Thursday that Italy's ambassador to Cairo,
Giampaolo Cantini, will not return to Egypt for the moment, amid
friction between Rome and Cairo over the investigation into the
death of Italian student Giulio Regeni.
"The government recalled the ambassador two months ago and
this decision has not changed," Gentiloni said during a visit to
Bosnia.
"It's a very serious initiative that I don't think has a
precedent. For the moment we are sticking with this decision".
Cambridge University doctoral student Regeni, 28,
disappeared in Cairo on January 25 and his mutilated body turned
up in a ditch on the road to Alexandria on February 3.
An autopsy confirmed he had been severely tortured for
days on end, and ultimately killed by having his neck broken.
Egyptian authorities have mooted a series of explanations
of the incident that have met incredulity in Italy, including a
car crash, a gay lovers' quarrel, and a kidnapping for ransom
gone wrong.
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