Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Angelino Alfano announced on Monday that the Italian ambassador to Egypt, Giampaolo Cantini, will take up his position in Cairo on 14 September, state-run news agency MENA reported. Egypt’s ambassador to Italy, Hesham Badr, will resume his role in Rome on the same date.Alfano made the announcement during a session of the foreign affairs committee at the Italian parliament, according to Italy’s AGI new agency: “Egypt is an inextricable partner of Italy, and also Italy is an inextricable partner of Egypt”, said Alfano. “Therefore, it is impossible for our countries not to have high-level political and diplomatic dialogue”. Alfano also said that sending Cantini to Cairo is intended to consolidate the political and ethical obligations of the Italian government regarding the search for the truth about the murder of Italian researcher Guilio Regeni.
