El-Sisi: murder of Italian student will not affect Egypt-Italy relations

Cairo, (IINA) - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Wednesday that the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni earlier this year will not affect Egypt's relations with Italy, Egypt Daily News reported.
El-Sisi's statement came hours after Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni said that his government was ready to adopt "immediate and proportionate" measures if Cairo does not fully cooperate in uncovering the truth surrounding the murder of Regeni.
The Egyptian government strongly denied allegations saying that security forces murdered the student, whose body was found in Cairo in January with signs of torture.
In a meeting with a delegation from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Cairo, El-Sisi stated that Egypt was committed to "full and transparent cooperation with Italy to reveal the truth and bring the perpetrators to justice".
"Egypt is concerned with the disappearance of Egyptian citizen Adel Mowad in Italy in October 2015", he added.
The Egyptian president expressed his confidence in the strong Egyptian-Italian relations, adding that these "individual incidents" will not affect the relationship.
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