Italy to India: We can't be friends anymore.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, met Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta in Brussels Wednesday and discussed the case of the two Italian marines who are being held in India.

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The European Union encourages India to find, as a matter of urgency, a mutually satisfactory solution to the longstanding case of the Italian marines arrested in February 2012, in accordance with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, he said.

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The two Italian marines Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre are facing trial for murder in India. The two were detained in February 2012 when they shot dead two Indian fishermen while guarding an Italian oil tanker off Kerala, mistaking the fishermen for pirates.

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Italian governments envoy Staffan De Mistura is set to head for New Delhi Thursday, while reports said a representative of the Italian government could meet the new Russian ambassador to Rome next week, asking him to intercede with Indian authorities in the case.

Earlier, a 16-member Italian parliamentary delegation arrived in India on a two-day visit (Jan 27-28) to express support and solidarity with the two marines.

The death penalty would be an attack on Italy, Fabrizio Cicchitto, a delegate member and chairman of the parliaments lower house foreign affairs committee, said.

http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/italian-marines-case-may-impact-ties-with-india-eu/article5633723.ece/

[Karee 4,191]

Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, met Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta in Brussels Wednesday and discussed the case of the two Italian marines who are being held in India.

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The European Union encourages India to find, as a matter of urgency, a mutually satisfactory solution to the longstanding case of the Italian marines arrested in February 2012, in accordance with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, he said.

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The two Italian marines Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre are facing trial for murder in India. The two were detained in February 2012 when they shot dead two Indian fishermen while guarding an Italian oil tanker off Kerala, mistaking the fishermen for pirates.

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Italian governments envoy Staffan De Mistura is set to head for New Delhi Thursday, while reports said a representative of the Italian government could meet the new Russian ambassador to Rome next week, asking him to intercede with Indian authorities in the case.

Earlier, a 16-member Italian parliamentary delegation arrived in India on a two-day visit (Jan 27-28) to express support and solidarity with the two marines.

The death penalty would be an attack on Italy, Fabrizio Cicchitto, a delegate member and chairman of the parliaments lower house foreign affairs committee, said.

http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/italian-marines-case-may-impact-ties-with-india-eu/article5633723.ece/

Can't Sonia step in and help out?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

_{Well they did kill someone. 1 year in an Indian prison should be punishment enough. Send them back to Italy now and let Italy deal with them. But knowing Italy they want.}

Edited January 30, 2014 by Janelle2002

[mota bhai 2,675]

Can't Sonia step in and help out?

Sonia is the reason India is being so hard on these guys. There is enough whining and whispering from the hard right in India about how Sonia is supposedly still unassimiliated and might still be a secret Catholic... the last thing they need is to be seen as giving special favors to the Italians.

Edited January 30, 2014 by mota bhai