We will ensure Regeni ruling is enforced and seek compensation says Foti

We will ensure Regeni ruling is enforced and seek compensation says Foti

(ANSA) - ROME, 30 SET - The government will ensure that Monday's conviction of three Egyptian security officials for the kidnapping of Giulio Regeni, an Italian student who was tortured to death in Cairo in 2016, is enforced and will also seek compensation from the Egyptian government, European Affairs Minister Tommaso Foti, a bigwig n Premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, told Italian TV Wednesday. The government will reportedly seek two million euros in damages from Cairo since the three officers convicted and sentenced to 10 years each for Regeni's abduction, but not murder, are public officials. "Once the ruling on the Regeni case is formally filed, the State will seek compensation," said Foti on the programme Tagadà on La7. "This is possible because Italy joined the proceedings as a civil party. The Italian State's decision to join the case was crucial, just as it was crucial that the French government decided—after 46 years—to cooperate regarding the Ustica massacre." "The State—the Italian government—stepped up, as did the judiciary. We reaffirmed and upheld the principle of legality. So, we are satisfied. As for the controversies, I would defer to the ruling itself and the reasoning behind it," he added. "To enforce the ruling, the first step is for it to be formally filed," he added, commenting on a demand for immediate action made by opposition centre-left DEmocratic Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein. Paris on Monday said it would cooperate in the 1980 Ustica air disaster which killed 81 people and which some believe was caused by a stray missile from a French fighter aiming for a Libyan jet carrying late dictator Muammar Gheddafi. (ANSA). Read article...