A delegation from Italy will travel to Cairo in the coming days to discuss with Egyptian representatives the ongoing investigation into the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni. Judicial sources told Italian newspapers ANSA that a new set of meetings will take place “in the next few days” between Egypt and Italy regarding the Regeni case, following a request by Egyptian Prosecutor General Ahmed Nabil Sadek. Meanwhile, on Wednesday Italy received the phone records of some of the 13 Egyptian citizens Regeni had been in contact with prior to his death, which Italy previously had requested. Egyptian authorities had up until now refused to hand over the phone records, claiming it would contradict Egypt’s constitution. In a separate development, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday that he was “concerned by the tone” of recent remarks made by his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni. “I have followed the Italian Foreign Minister’s remarks that were made on more than one occasion during the past period, and I am concerned by the tone of these statements, as they do not reflect recognition of…
