Italian Foreign Minister Federica
Mogherini said Friday she "understands the frustration"
regarding the case of two Italian marines detained in India and
will be sharing all information "once there are steps to be
communicated".
"In these five months, the government has left its mark a
little differently that points to the result" of bringing
international visibility to the case, said Mogherini, adding
that as recently as Thursday, " yesterday we worked with
international lawyers and in the moment in which there are
concrete steps to communicate, we will do so".
Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone have been held in
New Delhi after allegedly shooting fishermen Valentine (aka
Gelastine) and Ajesh Binki during an anti-piracy mission in
February 2012.
In April, Italy's government announced a new strategy,
replacing its special envoy and sending its ambassador back to
New Delhi to help steer the case towards arbitration by an
international organization such as the UN.
In May, a team of international legal experts began working
on the case.
In June, Mogherini said the cabinet changed strategy
"starting an internationalization phase'' in close cooperation
with parliament and the marines' families.
Rome is seeking international arbitration in the case,
arguing it is not under Indian jurisdiction as the incident
occurred outside the country's territorial waters, and says the
marines should be exempt from prosecution in India because they
are servicemen who were working on a mission.
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