By Aswat Masriya Egypt’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday that it “has not yet been officially notified of the recalling of the Italian ambassador in Egypt to Rome for consultations” as tensions heighten over the murder of an Italian student whose body was found in Cairo bearing signs of torture. Giulio Regeni, 28, was a Ph.D. student researching trade unions in Egypt. He went missing in Cairo on the fifth anniversary of the 2011 uprising and his body was found in February in a roadside ditch on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital. The Italian foreign ministry announced earlier today in a statement that it has recalled Ambassador Maurizio Massari for consultations following “recent developments in the investigation into the Regeni murder case and specifically the meetings held in Rome yesterday and today between Italian and Egyptian investigators.” “Urgent decisions are needed on the most proper actions to bolster efforts aimed at finding the truth about the barbaric murder of Giulio Regeni,” the ministry added in its statement. Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid responded in an official statement on Friday saying that “no statement has been issued yet regarding the results…
Italy Recalls Ambassador, Egypt Denies Being ‘Officially Notified’ of Decision
April 9, 2016
