Egyptian foreign ministry
spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said Tuesday that the return of an
Italian ambassador to Cairo and of Egyptian diplomatic
representation in Rome was an important step forward in
relations between the countries, the Al-Dostor website reported.
The site quoted Abu Zeid as saying the return of normal
diplomatic relations between Egypt and Italy will revamp
relations between the countries.
Last month Italy decided to send ambassador Giampaolo Cantini
to Cairo, citing progress in cooperation in the investigation of
the 2016 torture and murder of Giulio Regeni, an Italian
post-graduate student, in Egypt.
Cantini will take up the position September 14.
He was appointed to replace Maurizio Massari, the ambassador
who was the first to see Regeni's disfigured body, but had not
taken up his position due to frustration in Rome about the lack
of cooperation from the Egyptian authorities.
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