Italy recalls envoy to India over marines row
May 18, 2012 21:12
Italy on Friday recalled its ambassador to India after a charge sheet was filed against two Italian marines in the killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast three months back.
Official sources in New Delhi said that Italian envoy Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte has been called back by his government for "consultations".
The decision came on a day when Kerala police filed a charge sheet accusing the two Italians -- Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone -- of murder before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Kollam (Kerala).
The marines on board the Italian ship 'Enrica Lexie' had allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen -- Valentine Jalastine and Ajesh Bi -- on February 15, apparently mistaking them for pirates.
In Rome, the Italian Foreign Ministry in a statement said: "In the light of the developments in the situation in Kerala and the charges against the two Italian servicemen, Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone, the Italian ambassador to New Delhi, Giacomo Sanfelice has been recalled to Rome for consultations with the government".
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