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We risked getting isolated: Italian PM on
marines' issue Mar 28, 2013, 06.22PM IST PTI ROME: 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 but denied that economics
was a factor in the decision-making process. Monti said he was "stunned" by Terzi's decision to
step down, adding that his former chief diplomat
gave no warning he would quit on Tuesday, and
that his real aim was "to achieve another end that
may become clearer in the near future," avoiding a
more direct accusation, Italian news agency INSA said. On Tuesday, Terzi abruptly resigned claiming that
his voice went "unheard" as the caretaker cabinet
decided to send back the two marines
Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone 10
days after it reneged on a pledge to return the two
men who had been granted a four-week leave. Monti, addressing both Houses of Parliament last
night, stressed on the diplomatic stakes. "There
were serious and objective risks that Italy would
find itself isolated in the international community," if
it had failed to ensure the pair returned to India,
Monti said. "It would have opened a crisis of serious proportions with India". Monti said that since the pair had been returned
relations had improved between the two countries
that should lead to "a quick solution".
http://m.timesofindia.com/world/europe/We-risked-getting-isolated-Italian-PM-on-marines-issue/articleshow/19259241.cms
marines' issue Mar 28, 2013, 06.22PM IST PTI ROME: 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 but denied that economics
was a factor in the decision-making process. Monti said he was "stunned" by Terzi's decision to
step down, adding that his former chief diplomat
gave no warning he would quit on Tuesday, and
that his real aim was "to achieve another end that
may become clearer in the near future," avoiding a
more direct accusation, Italian news agency INSA said. On Tuesday, Terzi abruptly resigned claiming that
his voice went "unheard" as the caretaker cabinet
decided to send back the two marines
Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone 10
days after it reneged on a pledge to return the two
men who had been granted a four-week leave. Monti, addressing both Houses of Parliament last
night, stressed on the diplomatic stakes. "There
were serious and objective risks that Italy would
find itself isolated in the international community," if
it had failed to ensure the pair returned to India,
Monti said. "It would have opened a crisis of serious proportions with India". Monti said that since the pair had been returned
relations had improved between the two countries
that should lead to "a quick solution".
http://m.timesofindia.com/world/europe/We-risked-getting-isolated-Italian-PM-on-marines-issue/articleshow/19259241.cms