Regeni justice search shdn't stop business w/ Egypt -Salvini

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 4 - The search for justice in the Giulio Regeni case should not preclude doing business with Egypt, Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said Wednesday.
    Justice is one thing and business is another, said the right-wing League party leader on the case of the 28-year-old Cambridge University doctoral researcher into Caito street unions who was tortured to death in January-February 2016.
    Four Egyptian intelligence officers are on trial in absentia in Rome over Regeni's abduction, torture and murder.
    "Justice is awaited by an entire people, all Italians: I hope the names of those responsible will arrive with exemplary sentences," said Salvini.
    "Then there are economic, cultural, commercial, infrastructural relations: let's think about how to create wealth and work in Italy by bringing the Ferrovie dello Stato (state railway) system to Egypt". He added: "There are partnerships on trade, tourism, agriculture, hundreds of thousands of Italians who travel for tourism. It's one thing to ask to identify those responsible for that tragic death, I, as Minister of Transport, am responsible for developing business in Italy, if I can bring more work...".
    Regeni's parents have criticised successive governments for continuing to do business with Egypt including oil and migration deals and military supplies including two frigates.
    National Security General Tariq Sabir and his subordinates, Colonels Athar Kamel Mohamed Ibrahim and Helmi, and Major Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif, are on trial on suspicion of torturing to death the Friuli-born Regeni from January 25 to February 3 2016 because they thought he was a spy due to his politically sensitive research work on independent Cairo street seller unions.
    One of the Cairo street union chiefs reportedly fingered Regeni as a spy.
    Regeni was tortured so badly that his mother Paola Deffendi said she could only recognise him "from the tip of his nose". (ANSA).