Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano
pledged the utmost commitment to achieve a prompt solution to
the case of Cristian Provvisionato, an Italian being held in
Mauritania, during a meeting on April 26 with the man's mother,
Doina Coman, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
The ministry of foreign affairs, in close cooperation with
the Italian Embassy in Rabat, is closely and attentively
following the case of Provvisionato and has always kept in close
contact with his family since the beginning.
Provvisionato, an Italian citizen, was arrested in Mauritania
at the end of August 2015 and has been in preventative detention
since then because local legislation provides that criminal
investigations in that country can last up to a maximum of three
years.
The foreign ministry continues to act at top-most level,
asking the Nouakchott Authorities to assure that Provvisionato
undergoes a fair and speedy trial.
Thanks to the foreign ministry's intervention, the Italian
national is being treated respectfully, is allowed to meet and
communicate with his family and to receive the goods that they
send him from Italy, including the last delivery that was made
today.
He has also been paid regular consular visits to verify his
health condition.
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