“With regard to the statements made today by former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to the Committee of Inquiry into the murder of Giulio Regeni, the Foreign Ministry wishes to point out that the Italian Government and our security services were informed soon after Giulio’s disappearance on 25 January 2016.
Furthermore, all the steps taken with the Egyptian Authorities at the highest levels are widely documented and made known to the competent Institutions in Rome by Ambassador Massari in his capacity as Italian Ambassador to Cairo”.