“I was deeply impressed by the words and determination of Sara Ammar’s mother. I am following the case with the utmost attention. We are working very hard indeed to seek a solution”.
This was Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni’s comment on the statement by Sandra Fardella, the mother of the Italian girl, Sara Ammar, who was abducted by her father, an Egyptian citizen, in January 2010. Since then, she has been living illegally in Egypt. The Farnesina has been working on the case since the outset and has made numerous attempts to raise the Egyptian authorities’ awareness of the situation.
As confirmation of his own personal commitment, on 24 November Minister Gentiloni met the Egyptian foreign minister, Shoukry, and asked for Egypt to do everything in its power to reach a positive solution to the case in the shortest possible timescale.
