We risked getting isolated: Italy PM on marines row
March 28, 2013  18:10
Outlining the reasons for sending back to India the two marines accused of killing Indian fishermen, Italy's outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti said Rome faced serious risk of being isolated internationally and could have opened a crisis of "serious proportions" with New Delhi.

Monti also said that his Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi had resigned with motives not just limited to the marines issue.

The premier, who himself was sworn in to replace Terzi as interim foreign minister, gave more details behind the tangled diplomatic row, which Monti said risked ruining relations with key trade allies in the developing world.
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