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Italy regrets fishermen killing, row persists
Wednesday February 22, 2012 10:50:18 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: India and
Italy Wednesday failed to resolve their row over the killing of
two Indian fishermen, with Rome regretting the deaths but
insisting they took place in international waters. New Delhi made
it clear that the two arrested Italian Marines will face Indian
law.
After meeting Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur,
Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan de Mistura voiced
"terrible sadness" over the Feb 15 killing of the fishermen off
Kerala.
"We do acknowledge and recognize that two Indian fishermen died.
No one doubts it, and it is terribly sad," de Mistura told
reporters here. He is set to visit Kerala where the Marines are in
custody.
The meeting came three days after talks between Indian and Italian
officials failed to break the impasse.
Salvatore Girone and Latorre Massimillano, the Italian Marines on
board the Italian ship who fired at the fishermen mistaking them
to be pirates, have been charged with murder.
De Mistura said the killings happened in international waters "and
investigation will ascertain the exact position" of the Italian
merchant ship, Enrica Lexie,
"We are definitely expressing terrible sadness and regret over the
loss of lives. Two Indian fishermen did die and they belonged to
poor families," he added.
Kaur said after the talks that there was no agreement between the
two sides. "(We) will certainly go by our law. As far as law is
(concerned), they have their interpretation and we have (ours)."
Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi is to visit India for
further talks.
Italy says the incident took place in international waters and the
Marines cannot be tried in Indian courts. New Delhi contests both
the claims.
Kaur said the Italian Marines "are on Indian soil" and "we have
taken note of what (de Mistura) said".
The Italian ship is now berthed in Kochi. The marines were
arrested Sunday.
Italy says the presence of armed naval personnel on board a
merchant ship flying the Italian flag is ruled by a specific
Italian law in keeping with UN resolutions regarding the war on
piracy.
A Kerala court has issued a warrant to search the Italian ship to
seize the gun that killed the Indians.
Italian authorities are probing why its merchant ship ignored the
Italian Navy's objections and docked in Kerala leading to the
arrest of the Marines.
The navy had reportedly objected to Enrica Lexie moving into
Indian waters and the disembarkation of its military personnel on
board, reported the Corriere della Sera, a news website.
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