Swift release of Kenya hostage - Moavero

(ANSA) - Rome, December 3 - Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said after meeting Kenyan Vice President William Ruto Monday that Italy expects Italian aid worker Silvia Romano to be swiftly released from captivity in Kenya.
    A statement said Moavero had confirmed to Ruto "the strong Italian expectation for the utmost and dutiful commitment in view of the rapid liberation" of Romano.
    He stressed "how much Italy cares about the careful safeguard of her safety", the note said.
    Romano, 23, was abducted by armed men in a Kenyan coastal area last week and is believed to be being held in a forest where she has been forced to wear the niqab.
    Kenyan police said last week the kidnappers were surrounded ad Romano would be freed shortly.