“There are no paid ransoms”

Posted on: 12/05/2020 22:16

”For me there are no bailouts” paid for the release of Silvia Romano. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio to the broadcast ‘Out of the Chorus’ on Rete 4, wondering “why the word of an interviewed terrorist is worth more than that of the Italian state”. The reference is to the interview given to the newspaper ‘La Repubblica’ by al-Shabaab spokesman Ali Dehere.

“Bringing her home was thanks to our intelligence,” added Di Maio, referring to the release of the worker. “There are people who have risked their lives to go find her in Somalia and bring her home,” he said again, saying that “in this year and a half in prison we have listened to the family every day.” In my ministry there are people who have listened to their father and mother cry for a year and a half, who did not know if their daughter was alive. ”

This is the time to ” lower attention ” on Silvia and ” give her to the love of her family ”“said the minister, recalling that the volunteer” when she was kidnapped was 23 years old “and” before asking for certainties, I wonder what she is like. “Regarding her conversion to Islam and the accusations that were once made in Italy, Di Maio reiterates that now the girl must remain “ away from the center of attention and not under accusation for things declared to the magistrate even 24 hours after our forces picked him up and took him to our embassy in Mogadishu. ”

The Minister of Health, Roberto, was also asked about the matter. hope. “I have no news of the payment of a ransom. I know that for a year and a half an Italian girl has been in the hands of terrorists and today she can hug her family. The controversies, she told ‘Di Martedì’ at La7, must be raised by part”.