Talks ongoing between cabinet-U.S. on Sala - sources

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 3 - Talks are ongoing between the Italian government and US authorities on the case of Cecilia Sala, the Italian journalist detained in Iran, well-informed sources said on Friday.
    Discussions and exchanges of information, at multiple levels, have also occurred on Thursday, when a government summit was held at the premier's office in Palazzo Chigi on the case of the Italian reporter, the sources explained.
    Over the past few days, Tehran had suggested a prisoner exchange with Cecilia Sala, asking for the return home of Mohammed Abedini, a 38-year-old Iranian engineer who was arrested at Milan's Malpensa airport on December 16, three days before Sala's arrest, under an international arrest warrant issued by US authorities. (ANSA).