Draghi, Cartabia meet Regeni's parents

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 24 - Premier Mario Draghi and Justice Minister Marta Cartabia had a video-conference meeting on Monday with Paola and Claudio Regeni, the parents of Giulio Regeni, the Italian student abducted, tortured and murdered in Egypt in 2016, the premier's office said in a statement.
    It said "possible initiatives" were discussed on how to follow up on a petition to the government to intervene in the case from a Rome preliminary hearings judge (GUP) Earlier this month the GUP called on the government intervene to enable the case to move forward against four Egyptian National Security Agency (NSA) officers over Regeni's homicide.
    In October the Court of Assizes in Rome had ruled the trial in absentia of the four Egyptian security could not proceed until there was proof the defendants had formally received notice of being on trial, sending the case back to the GUP.
    The GUP then transmitted the case documents to the government to verify if anything had come from warrants sent to the Egyptian authorities in April 2019 and to see if there was any room for dialogue with Cairo on this matter. (ANSA).