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Prime Minister Conte calls Al Sisi to “warn” him: “Now we know, collaborate or go on alone”
On January 25, 2016, Giulio Regeni, a young Italian investigator, was kidnapped, tortured, and finally killed. The Regeni family and Italia have been waiting for 5 years to know the truth about his death. The magistrates of the Rome prosecutor’s office investigated and are now ready to go to trial. On December 4, the closure of the investigations of five agents of the Egyptian secret service registered two years ago in the registry of suspects will be notified. They will be asked for a trial on murder charges.
Process that will take place in any case, even if Cairo does not recognize the legitimacy of the Italian procedure. But Italian prosecutors are convinced, the collected evidence demonstrates the full involvement of Egypt’s National Security Agency.
Tell Al Sisi: “Let’s move on” – Prime Minister Conte heard from Egyptian President Al Sisi on Friday. Officially it was a call to discuss bilateral economic and military relations. But the Regeni case was also on the table: “There is no more time. Italy knows it and will continue forward”, this, according to rumors, would be the meaning of the call. The government seems willing to break an already delicate diplomatic balance that puts strategic economic interests at stake.
Al Sisi has to face a delicate internal political moment, his position is precarious, politically speaking. The changing of the guard at the White House also seems like a prelude to a different attitude from Al Sisi towards foreign policy. The delivery to the Italian justice of the men of its secret services would be an attempt to separate the responsibilities of the Egyptian presidency from the assassination of Giulio Regeni. A reassuring signal to a world that sees in Al Sisi a possible new dictator in what has always been considered the powder keg of the Middle East.
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