As soon as she was informed that Massimiliano Latorre had been taken ill, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini contacted the Marine’s companion Paola Moschetti to offer her own solidarity and that of the government’s. “We are with Massimiliano Latorre, to whom I extend my best wishes for a speedy recovery”, she said.
“As we have over these many months, we continue to monitor the case of the two Italian Marines with the goal of bringing them back home to Italy; this is one of the government’s priorities. And, as always, the foreign ministry and all its facilities are striving to offer the best assistance possible to the two men and their families”, Mogherini explained, who has been in touch on the matter with Premier Matteo Renzi and Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti.