Italy today recalled its envoy to Egypt in protest over lack of progress in a probe into the murder of an Italian student in the Arab country.
Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni ordered the return of ambassador Maurizio Massari for consultations on the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni who was killed in Cairo and his body discovered in February.
Egypt said it is waiting for the return of its investigators from Italy to know the results of the meetings they held during the past two days to investigate the murder of according to Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesperson of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Abu Zied added that the ministry had not yet been officially informed about Italy's recalling of its ambassador, especially when there was no statement released about the results of meetings between the Egyptian and Italian investigators in Rome.
