New Delhi – India’s Supreme Court has granted the Italian marine Salvatore Girone to return to Italy, where he will be arriving in the next few days and remaining for the duration of the arbitration process on the case of the Enrica Lexie. The Foreign Ministry (La Farnesina), in a statement, welcomes the decision of the Indian judges who have given urgent actualisation as established by the Arbitral Tribunal of The Hague on 29 April this year, as requested by Italy in recent days. “In line with the provisions of the Court of The Hague, Italy and India have cooperated in recent weeks to define the conditions and modalities of Girone’s return and stay in our country, pending the arbitration proceedings on the case of the Enrica Lexie – communicated in the statement -. The Government, while waiting for Salvatore Girone’s return to his homeland, reaffirms its commitment to comply with the conditions and procedures established by the Indian Supreme Court. Today’s decision is a major achievement that recognizes the efforts undertaken by the Italian Government through recourse to international arbitration to assert the reasons of the two Marine Fusiliers. Italy will present the next steps envisaged by the arbitral proceedings ” with the same effort. (9Colonne)
